SMA 8.5 release: RDP/VNC/SSHv2 bookmark feature comparison between HTML5 and ActiveX, Java, etc.

Feature

ActiveX

Java

Pure Java Client

HTML5

Connect and Control

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

TS Farm / Load Balance*

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RDP 8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wake on LAN

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Console Login

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Redirect Printers

Yes

Yes

No

No

Redirect Ports

Yes

Yes

No

No

Redirect Drives

Yes

Yes

No

No

Redirect SmartCards

Yes

Yes

No

No

Redirect Clipboard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes**

Redirect PnP devices

Yes

Yes

No

No

Desktop Background

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Dual Monitors

Yes

Yes

No

No

Span Monitors

Yes

Yes

No

No

Font smoothing

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Remote Application

Yes

Yes

No

Limited***

Remote Audio

Yes

Yes

No

Yes****

Single Sign-on

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Colors

up to 32 bit

up to 32 bit

up to 32 bit

up to 32 bit

Resolution

Up to 1920x1080 (set values)

Up to 1920x1080 (set values)

Up to 1920x1080 (set values)

Up to 1920x1080 (set values)

Notes

Requires Plug-in installation.  Utilizes installed mstsc client on remote system.  Loopback method (some reported issues with Windows 8)

Requires Java installed. Utilizes installed mstsc client on remote system.  Loopback method (some reported issues with Windows 8)

Requires Java installed.  Utilizes our own Java applet.  Loopback method (some reported issues with Windows 8)

Requires the browser to support HTML5. Most modern browsers support HTML5. Verified on IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari.

Support

Windows IE only

Windows Browsers with Java (IE, FireFox, Chrome) and
Mac OSX (Safari, Chrome, FireFox)

Windows Browsers with Java (IE, FireFox, Chrome)
Mac OSX (Safari, Chrome, FireFox)
Linux (FireFox)

All devices with browsers capable of HTML5 support (Chrome, IE10+, FireFox, Safari)

Feature

HTML5 version

Java Applet version

Encoding

Yes (Not configurable, determined by the VNC server, supported encoding : Raw, Copyrect, RRE, hextile, Tight, TightPNG, Zlib)

Yes (Can be one of Tight,

Raw, RRE, CoRRE, Hextile,

Zlib)

Rotation

Yes

Not Applicable

Compression Level

No

Yes

JPEG Image Quality

No

Yes

Cursor Shape Updates

Yes (Enabled by default. Not supported on IE. For mobile browsers, "Cursor shape updates" is always disabled)

Yes

Use CopyRect

Yes (Not configurable)

Yes

Restricted Colors(256 Colors)

No

Yes

Reverse Mouse Button 2 and 3

No

Yes

View Only

Yes

Yes

Share Desktop

Yes

Yes

SSO

Yes

No

Feature

HTML5 version

Java Applet version

Automatically Accept Host Key

Yes

Yes

Public/Private Keys

Authentication

No

Yes

Bypass Username

No

Yes

Adjustable Window Size

No (Fixed window size in option)

Yes

Log Session

No

Yes

Scroll-back

No

Yes

Clipboard

No

Yes

Highlight

No

Yes

Color Options

No

Yes

Store Accepted Host Key

Yes

No

SSO

Yes

No