@danwood Well, there's NSAttributedString's -initWithHTML: if you don't mind using the main thread.
@danwood pydoc htmlentitydefs.name2codepoint
Too bad, because it works pretty well for the part that I can see.
With Vine server I can set it to connect with fewer colors, and it's faster, but it's still limited to showing part of one display.
Mocha VNC Lite isn't working for me with OS X's built-in VNC server. It loads part of one display, slowly, and then hangs.