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I upvoted at first because Kris is a friend and it looked good. Then I watched the video and:

1) This looks great

2) It's a fantastic demo video

Is the automatic local connection app thing going to work if I'm behind a NAT? Any plans to make the desktop app work on Windows or Linux?

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Thanks! Yep, the local connection will tunnel through an HTTPS connect, so it should work from behind aggressive NATs.

The goal of the desktop app is cross-platform. In its current form it's a cobbled together OSX app that shells out, but moving it to Java (or an easier-to-port language) soon.

If you're in to Java, perhaps take a look at griffon - essentially groovy/swing/mvc combo. http://griffon.codehaus.org/

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