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WebOffice core feature set centers around an application sharing engine. The presenter can select which application to share from a list of applications currently open on her PC. She can choose if she wants to share only the active window or all windows running on her PC.

Once shared all participants can see the selected application and follow the actions and steps taken by the presenter. The presenter can pass control over an application to other users so that everyone can edit the documents shared with the application.

A useful colored light indicator next to each participant's name allows to monitor whether participants have been able to sync up with the application to be shared. When the light is red, the user has not yet synched up and cannot see what the presenter is showing. A yellow light means that the participant is about to synch up. A green light indicates the ideal situation: the participant can perfectly see everything the presenter is doing with the shared application.

Application sharing facility leaves something to be desired in terms of performance, quality, ease of use, snappiness and presenter control. During testing some PCs crashed regularly when invited to attend an application sharing session.

 

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Posted on June 23, 2003 at 11:24 PM

Updated on November 17, 2003 at 03:22 PM

 

 

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