Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros

Re:Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SS... by mark_l_watson on Friday November 11, 2016 @09:59PM (#12936350)

Looks like a nice app. One correction through: I use Prompt a lot and have been for a long time. I don't have connections break when I use it.

You might provide a video clip of a demo to help make a purchase decision.

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Re:Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SS... by evilduck on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:00PM (#12936522)

They meant if you close it and, say, want to read or follow along with a book in iBooks and not use split view, you have to multitask back to Prompt every 3 minutes or iOS will suspend the app, killing your SSH connection in the process. Since Prompt is closed source and on the App Store, they can't use mosh which solves this problem.

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Re:Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SS... by mark_l_watson on Saturday November 12, 2016 @12:20AM (#12936730)

Thanks for clarifying that. I use it for 5 or 10 minutes, finish whatever I am doing, then logout.

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Re:Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SS... by carloscabanero on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:02PM (#12936527)

iOS only allows background connections to be maintained for three minutes. That means if you keep the app in the background longer than that, for example while checking Safari, the connection breaks. Every app has this limitation (TeamViewer, etc...) and it is usually solved by showing a notification to make the user switch to the app again. It is described on Prompt's KB too.

Blink also has this problem, but Mosh is able to recover gracefully.

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