http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/ en-us Robin Good 2005-01-01T10:13:29+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/capacity.htm Up to 100 users.... Cata Robin Good 2005-01-01T10:13:29+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/customer_support.htm Online documentation, help and customer support are a bit weak and do not offer extensive and comprehensive info about the technology being provided. The area is being improved and made easier to navigate, access and search. Customer support can be... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-31T16:49:36+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/security.htm Cata offers full 128-bit encryption using SSL. Any data you send over the Internet while creating or administering Cata meetings is also encrypted. Cata uses both "user-based" and "meeting-based" authentication. Each user has his or her own password, which is... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-29T20:32:46+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/weak_points.htm The Linktivity WebDemo user experience is negatively affected through several shortcomings, of which at least some can probably be easily fixed. PowerPoint presentations: WebDemo does not feature a full-blown, dedicated facility to run PowerPoint slideshow presentations. Presenters need to use... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-27T08:37:23+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/setup_installation.htm Review Overview This review discusses the following aspects of installing Linktivity WebDemo: Server installation Participant installation Conclusion Server Installation The Linktivity WebDemo on-premise server installation package contains detailed installation instructions in the Manuals subfolder. The installation needs to be carried... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T19:08:14+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/multiprotocol_im.htm Linktivity WebDemo has no instant messaging feature.... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T18:51:57+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/presence_awareness.htm Linktivity WebDemo has no presence awareness feature.... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T18:51:44+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/crossplatform_compatibility.htm Linktivity WebDemo only runs on the Microsoft Windows platform. This applies to the server installation, the meeting host configuration and the participants' configuration. To see how WebDemo's cross-platform compatibility compares to that offered by other tools reviewed in the Guide,... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T18:38:10+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/capacity.htm Linktivity WebDemo is a mid-size web conferencing system, reportedly capable of connecting up to 100 concurrent users per server. The Guide's test team has not been able to confirm this number: the maximum number of participants in the test environment... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T18:32:54+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/browser_compatibility.htm According to the list of system requirements on the Linktivity website, WebDemo should run well with Microsoft Internet Explorer, with AOL and with Netscape. Except for the AOL browser, the test team is able to confirm that indeed these browsers... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T18:19:15+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/system_requirements.htm The Linktivity WebDemo system requirements are very basic: most current PC configurations are well equipped to run WebDemo. The Linktivity web site contains the official list. Review Overview This review discusses the following aspects of the system requirements within Linktivity... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T17:56:11+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/customer_support.htm Linktivity offers its WebDemo customers several kinds of support: by phone and email, by providing online documentation and also through live assistance. Review Overview This review discusses the following aspects of Linktivity's customer support: Support by phone Support through email... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T17:47:21+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/remote_control.htm Linktivity WebDemo offers a Remote Control facility that allows the presenter/moderator to hand out control to any selected user. In WebDemo this feature is also called Remote Control. Review Overview This review discusses the following aspects of the remote control... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T17:35:11+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/system_check.htm Linktivity WebDemo contains a system check feature that allows meeting participants to check whether their PC configuration meets WebDemo's system requirements. The browser test facility is discussed in the Test Browser section of the WebDemo user guide. Review Overview This... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T17:09:39+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/moderator_controls.htm Linktivity WebDemo provides an extensive array of moderator controls that allow the host to grant capabilities to selected meeting attendees. In WebDemo moderator controls are referred to as Host Controls. This review discusses the following aspects of the moderator controls... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-25T12:22:47+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/event_management.htm Linktivity WebDemo has an online event management facility that allows the host to schedule online meetings. WebDemo provides excellent documentation that explains how to set up a meeting. This review discusses the following aspects of Event Management within Linktivity WebDemo:... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-24T17:50:20+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/event_management.htm Cata provides its owner with a Web-based control panel from which to administer Cata functionalities as well as managing contacts, invitations and the scheduling of online presentations. The event management facility of Cata is quite good and it offers all... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-23T13:47:12+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/key_strengths.htm Linktivity WebDemo is a powerful web conferencing application. Its key strength is desktop and application sharing, which makes it an excellent tool to showcase any type of desktop or web-based software application. Meetings may be planned ahead or set up... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-21T19:11:36+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/overview.htm WebDemo is a web collaboration tool developed by Linktivity. In October 2004 Linktivity was acquired by Inter-Tel, a provider of voice and data business communications systems, voice-mail systems and networking applications (INTL). The WebDemo host control panel Linktivity Specializes in... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-21T16:33:21+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/polling.htm Cata provides access to some basic polling functionality, which allows the preparation, and live delivery of yes/no and multiple choice questions. Results of the poll can be immediately displayed to all participants as a statistical graph. An easy to use... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-21T08:23:32+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/video_conferencing.htm Linktivity WebDemo offers a video conferencing feature that allows the presenter and the participants to see each other during a meeting. In the WebDemo online user guide this feature is called Broadcast Video. Review Overview This review discusses the following... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-20T16:28:22+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/security.htm Linktivity WebDemo provides several methods to secure online meetings. They are described in the vendor's online documentation about meeting security. The minimum authentication and encryption requirements for web conferencing tools are explained and discussed in the Security article of Chapter... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-19T17:14:28+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/participant_controls.htm Participants have no controls to communicate a need to talk, to ask a question or to have topic re-explained outside of the ability to use the WhiteBoard annotations tools when set by the moderator to be accessible by all.... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-19T11:03:23+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/moderator_controls.htm Within Cata virtual rooms the moderator has several controls at her disposal. These include the ability to hand-out the control of a presentation to any of the participants as well as accessing all of the administrator control panel facilities. The... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-18T19:44:19+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/trial_demo.htm Linktivity offers several ways to try out WebDemo. A live demonstration by a sales representative is available and users may sign up for a 10-day trial license. Review Overview This review discusses in detail the following aspects of trying out... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-18T16:45:57+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/annotation_features_whiteboard.htm The Cata online meeting room displays by default a whiteboard area in which one can use the annotation tools to draw. Cata has integrated its annotation tools in the main interface and these annotation tools are available at all times... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-17T20:14:57+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/text_chat.htm Inside Cata text chat can be set in one of three different modes: a) Standard b) Q&A c) Muted Open Chat - When activated by the presenter, all attendees may type and view text. Q & A Chat - When... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-16T15:11:31+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/remote_control.htm Cata provides the ability to hand-out control of a presentation or meeting to anyone of the attendees. The presenter / moderator retains the ability to stop and regain control anytime she wishes to. Cata offers both the option of passing... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-15T19:44:15+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/ease_of_access.htm Linktivity WebDemo's user interface is entirely web based and only needs a web browser to start. No additional software is required on the host's or attendee's personal computer because all WebDemo functionality is provided through the server on which WebDemo... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-15T13:51:02+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/firewall_friendliness.htm The Linktivity WebDemo development team has implemented a three-tiered solution to overcome common firewall traversal problems that may occur while using web conferencing software. The Linktivity online support area contains a technically detailed article discussing this solution and offering connectivity... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-15T10:37:37+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/web_touring_cobrowsing.htm The co-browsing facility available through Cata is implemented as a Web page push mechanism, whereby the presenter selects a URL and sends it to all participants. The URL appears in a new browser window for all attendees who can then... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-14T14:09:24+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/powerpoint_presentation_facilities.htm Linktivity WebDemo has no specific slideshow presentation facilities, but a meeting presenter may broadcast PowerPoint presentations to all invited meeting participants by leveraging WebDemo's core desktop and application sharing capabilities. Review Overview This review discusses the following aspects of running... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-14T14:03:58+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/file_sharing.htm Inside the smartMeeting virtual office environment files and documents that are uploaded to any facility become automatically available for all of the office users. By utilizing the Content Management area at the bottom right of the smartMeeting interface, users can... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-12-13T22:36:59+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/desktop_application_sharing.htm smartMeeting integrates a full document sharing facility, which allows any of the virtual office participants to upload and share any document file live. These may include Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, images, statistical graphs and more. The content management area, accessible... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-12-13T22:34:06+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/text_chat.htm smartMeeting integrates multiple text chat facilities inside its interface. At the bottom left of the smartMeeting screen there is a permanent text chat area that can be used by any of the people present in the virtual office. Additionally, the... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-12-13T22:28:09+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/overview.htm smartMeeting is a revolutionary new conferencing, collaboration and live presentation system that premiers a new type of online meeting: a 3-D, fully-immersive, voice-enabled with spatial 3D sound, avatar-driven, multi-featured virtual office space. smartMeeting is the first company in the world... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-12-13T22:26:42+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/powerpoint_presentation_facilities.htm smartMeeting integrates full PowerPoint presentation facilities that allow the upload and effective delivery of Powerpoint presentations with maximum display quality. Anyone attending a smartMeeting presentation can upload a PPT presentation, take control of it or direct its viewing without requiring... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-12-13T21:23:59+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/powerpoint_presentation_facilities.htm Cata allows PowerPoint presentations to be preloaded onto the Cata server prior to presentation time. Multiple presentations can be uploaded and made available to the presenter during an online session. Presentations can be uploaded as .PPT files or alternatively as... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-13T08:05:11+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/convoq_asap/trial_demo.htm Convoq offers a full 14-day free trial for ASAP. Sign-up for the free trial. Sign-up is extremely easy and only four fields need to be filled in to access the free download. The entire set of ASAP application modules is... Convoq ASAP Robin Good 2004-12-12T21:30:42+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/event_management.htm Session, when purchased in its multi-point, server-based version, includes a so-called Conference Management Server Software. The Session Conference Server includes a Conference Management Module. The Session Conference Management Server provides scheduling services to end-users in addition to load and bandwidth... Session Robin Good 2004-12-12T10:23:51+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/sightspeed/capacity.htm SightSpeed supports a maximum of four simultaneous parties in one video call. This feature is called a multi-party video call.... SightSpeed Robin Good 2004-12-11T21:31:02+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/sightspeed/trial_demo.htm SightSpeed offers its basic, free version without an expiry date, hence allowing anyone to effectively test the technology. The try-out comprises unlimited audio calls, 15 minutes of video calls to any other trial user(*) per day and one free video... SightSpeed Robin Good 2004-12-11T21:22:06+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/sightspeed/cost_pricing.htm The SightSpeed pricing model is extremely accessible and it allows for effective testing and trying out of the technology before making any serious money commitment to it. SightSpeed pricing plan The trial version of SightSpeed allows anyone to make unlimited... SightSpeed Robin Good 2004-12-11T21:08:07+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/desktop_application_sharing.htm In Linktivity WebDemo Desktop and Application Sharing are implemented differently than in most other web conferencing tools. In WebDemo they are two separate features, called Desktop Sharing and Application Sharing. Both features will be discussed in this review together because... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-11T17:41:44+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/participant_controls.htm Session treats everyone in a live meeting as an equal contributor and does not designate an "official" presenter/moderator versus a number of passive participants. As all participants have equal rights and access to facilities as anyone else in a meeting,... Session Robin Good 2004-12-11T14:02:43+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/polling.htm Linktivity WebDemo offers a simple, but effective Polling feature that allows the presenter/moderator to ask the feedback of the meeting attendees on a certain topic. WebDemo's online documentation about this topic is called User Polling. Review Overview This review discusses... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-11T13:09:53+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/remote_control.htm WaveThree Session offers an effective Remote Control facility integrated within its ShareApp module. Labeled Client Control the remote control feature allows any Session participant to provide control of the desktop to another participant. This is a one-click operation which can... Session Robin Good 2004-12-10T18:18:44+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/voxwire_meetingroom/polling.htm N/A One can manually poll a Voxwire Meeting Room audience by asking participants to press their left Control key to signal a vote of approval for something being asked. If the number of participants is moderate, one can easily gauge... Voxwire MeetingRoom Robin Good 2004-12-10T07:38:05+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/participant_controls.htm Inside SmartMeeting, presenters, like participants have all access to the full set of features and facilities available. All of the features and facilities available inside a SmartMeeting office space are accessible to everyone present. For example, all of the people... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-12-09T21:39:49+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/moderator_controls.htm Inside Session everyone is treated equally and on the same level. No typical moderator controls are available. Everyone is a presenter and anyone can start an application sharing session or a MediaSpace collaboration or presentation activity. Due to these factors... Session Robin Good 2004-12-09T12:02:36+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/voxwire_meetingroom/firewall_friendliness.htm According to Voxwire "the MeetingRoom has exclusive technology which automatically allows the MeetingRoom to detect and compensate for virtually all firewalls and/or proxy servers. Testing shows that about 98% of all users are able to connect to the Voxwire Servers... Voxwire MeetingRoom Robin Good 2004-12-08T21:56:45+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/voxwire_meetingroom/overview.htm Born in 2003, Voxwire is a company that provides end user and reseller access to one of the most interesting web conferencing technologies around. Launched January 21, 2003, Voxwire Global Meeting Rooms provide access to the same technology powering VCOM... Voxwire MeetingRoom Robin Good 2004-12-08T21:54:29+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/overview.htm Session from Wave Three Software is an impressive application, the first one that I can see effectively bridging the long-standing barrier between Mac and PC users. While there are still a few rough edges to be smoothed out, Session provides... Session Robin Good 2004-12-08T21:43:48+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/annotation_features_whiteboard.htm Wave Three Session integrates a full set of whiteboard features and live annotation functions inside its MediaSpace application. MediaSpace is indeed an advanced P2P whiteboard and live collaboration area in which participants can carry out effectively many types of different... Session Robin Good 2004-12-08T21:36:57+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/voxwire_meetingroom/setup_installation.htm The Voxwire MeetingRoom requires basically no setup or installation whatsoever, outside a relatively small download taking place the first time you log in to a room (and every time they make a major upgrade to the software - at least... Voxwire MeetingRoom Robin Good 2004-12-08T21:20:49+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/voxwire_meetingroom/ease_of_access.htm Ease of access is outstanding with the Voxwire MeetingRoom. There is no software to be installed or configured and no system check to be done. If you have Windows 98 or higher and Internet Explorer 6 installed on your PC,... Voxwire MeetingRoom Robin Good 2004-12-08T21:14:10+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/voxwire_meetingroom/event_management.htm N/A No event management features are available inside a Voxwire MeetingRoom. Voxwire supplies MeetingRoom owners with a full page of instructions, URL links, and graphic buttons that can be saved as shortcuts on the desktop or inside your Bookmarks/Favorites. The... Voxwire MeetingRoom Robin Good 2004-12-08T21:07:35+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/cost_pricing.htm Linktivity WebDemo is available in two versions: a server-based version and a hosted solution. The pricing plans for each are different. This review discusses the following aspects of WebDemo's licensing options: Server-based version Hosted solution Conclusion Server-based Version Pricing for... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-08T08:40:38+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/participant_controls.htm Linktivity WebDemo provides an effective participant controls option that supports the attendees in a real-time meeting. In the WebDemo user guide, the participant controls instructions are located in the section about the participant console. Review Overview This review discusses the... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-07T20:47:09+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/file_sharing.htm Linktivity WebDemo provides two separate features to share files with meeting attendees. In WebDemo they are called File Transfer (sometimes File Broadcast) and Document Management. Both features have a distinct purpose and scope: File Transfer or File Broadcast allows the... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-07T19:28:35+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/desktop_application_sharing.htm WaveThree Session integrates a full application sharing module call ShareApp, which can be easily accessed from the main interface control panel or through a simple keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+F4). Application sharing allows any participant to show any application running just as... Session Robin Good 2004-12-07T19:10:19+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/trial_demo.htm WaveThree Session offers a full 30-day free trial of its one-to-one personal desktop version. In the trial version the software is fully functional across all of its features. The free try-out version of 33 Mb can be downloaded from: http://www.wave3software.com/download.html... Session Robin Good 2004-12-06T22:01:22+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/audio_conferencing_voip.htm Session offers high quality audio conferencing for any participant having at least a good dial-up connection to the Internet. While participant on dial-up lines may not be able to utilize the video facilities of a video conference they can nonetheless... Session Robin Good 2004-12-06T09:03:56+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/video_conferencing.htm Video conferencing is one of Session three core abilities (together with Application Sharing with the ShareApp module and Presentation/Whiteboarding with the MediaSpace module). Requiring a minimum of a dual ISDN line for minimum acceptable results (128 Kbps), Session utilizes some... Session Robin Good 2004-12-06T09:02:33+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/event_management.htm Differently than most other web conferencing tools, smartMeeting can be used to provide the facilities for one-time events as well as for the ongoing (persistent) use of a secure, shared virtual estate office space equipped with collaboration and presentation facilities.... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-12-05T21:45:07+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/orbitalk/text_chat.htm Orbitalk integrates a solid basic text chat facility. With a maximum capacity of 1024 characters (NetMeeting has 2048 and Yahoo Messenger chat has 800) the Orbitalk chat tool offers all of the basic functionalities one expects from this category of... Orbitalk Robin Good 2004-12-04T13:19:39+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/session/web_touring_cobrowsing.htm N/A Inside WaveThree Session, Web Touring is effectively achievable through the application sharing module called ShareApp. The difference between true Web touring and application sharing is that the second one requires hundreds of times the bandwidth of the first. It... Session Robin Good 2004-12-03T18:50:44+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/customer_support.htm smartMeeting offers customer support mainly through a simple-to-use feedback form on the website. smartMeeting provides direct access to its phone numbers as well as a Live Chat support channel with an operator on standby during their normal office hours. A... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-12-02T21:59:20+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/sightspeed/text_chat.htm SightSpeed provides a bare bones integrated text chat facility that provides the minimum needed functionality to support any video conference. The text chat facility can be easily called up from the small SightSpeed Controls bar placed at the bottom of... SightSpeed Robin Good 2004-12-02T08:54:46+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/groove/trial_demo.htm Groove Workspace Preview Edition A fully working version of Groove Workspace is available as a trial for a full 60 days at: http://www.groove.net/downloads/groove/ Preview Edition users are limited to creating a maximum of three new shared spaces. To see what... Groove Robin Good 2004-12-01T22:46:15+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/recording.htm Linktivity WebDemo is very well equipped with an excellent and easy-to-use recording facility.This option allows the presenter to record and make available online a meeting or a presentation. In WebDemo the recording tool is referred to as Record / Playback.... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-12-01T13:01:18+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/cata/desktop_application_sharing.htm Cata offers a reliable application sharing module that allows the presenter to select which application, open on his PC, needs to be shared with all meeting participants. As application sharing is generally bandwidth intensive it is strongly suggested that the... Cata Robin Good 2004-12-01T12:56:58+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/viditel/text_chat.htm Viditel offers at all times access to a standard text chat facility window which has the following characteristics: Each participant in a Viditel chat can format his own text messages uniquely by utilizing the Edit -> Font menu choice. Text... Viditel Robin Good 2004-11-30T13:25:50+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/annotation_features_whiteboard.htm Linktivity WebDemo is very well equipped with a transparent whiteboard that is available throughout the entire meeting session. In WebDemo this feature is referred to as the WhiteBoard Tool. The annotation tools of the whiteboard feature allow the presenter to... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-11-29T12:13:57+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/netmeeting/overview.htm First released in 1996 Microsoft NetMeeting is one of the pioneering Web conferencing tools providing access to application sharing, audio, video, whiteboard, remote control, chat and file transfer facilities. While Microsoft NetMeeting has officially been declared "dead" and Microsoft is... NetMeeting Robin Good 2004-11-28T16:25:54+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/netmeeting/file_sharing.htm NetMeeting provides a well designed and robust file transfer facility which allows easy exchange of files among the live conference participants. The File Transfer facility allows the presenter/moderator or participants (if they have been given the rights to do so)... NetMeeting Robin Good 2004-11-28T16:18:49+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/netmeeting/cost_pricing.htm Microsoft NetMeeting is free.... NetMeeting Robin Good 2004-11-28T16:11:34+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/eblvd/text_chat.htm eBLVD offers a good basic set of text chat facilities. Text messages can be formatted with any font or style. Text can be copied and pasted. Automatic URL detection and a transcript of a chat exchange can be saved directly.... eBLVD Robin Good 2004-11-28T13:14:43+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/smartmeeting/capacity.htm According to my personal tests and experience, the maximum recommended capacity for a smartMeeting event is 15-25 people. Issues related to physical space inside the office and comfortable movement within it are the main limitations to larger meetings. Groups of... SmartMeeting Robin Good 2004-11-27T15:14:18+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/convoq_asap/text_chat.htm Convoq ASAP integrates a well designed and feature-rich Text Chat facility inside its live meeting area. All of the basic text chat functionalities have been made available and are easily accessible through a short set of very easy-to-recognize icons. In... Convoq ASAP Robin Good 2004-11-27T13:35:03+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/glance/desktop_application_sharing.htm Glance offers the simplestand easiest to use application sharing service available today on the market. There simply is no other tool like it. Glance focus is completely on ease of use. The tool has basically no interface and operates from... Glance Robin Good 2004-11-26T19:52:04+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/convoq_asap/system_requirements.htm These are the official Convoq ASAP system requirements for the meeting moderator and for the meeting participants: Meeting Moderator / System Requirements Operating Systems Supported Windows XP Professional Edition Windows XP Home Edition Windows ME Windows 2000 Professional Windows 98... Convoq ASAP Robin Good 2004-11-26T16:45:12+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/text_chat.htm Linktivity WebDemo provides a full-featured text chat facility that is ready to use for all meeting attendees, immediately after they join a WebDemo meeting session. The WebDemo text chat facility is called "Keyboard Chat". Review Overview This review discusses the... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-11-25T20:48:36+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/glance/trial_demo.htm Glance Networks offers a full one-day trial of its technology. To access the trial you need to fill out a short online registration form and download the small Glance application. If you need to extend your try-out you can directly... Glance Robin Good 2004-11-25T19:38:21+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/web_touring_cobrowsing.htm Linktivity WebDemo offers a web touring and co-browsing facility that allows the presenter/moderator to display web pages to meeting participants. In WebDemo this feature is called CoBrowse. Review Overview This review discusses the following aspects of the co-browse option within... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-11-24T22:02:43+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/linktivity_webdemo/audio_conferencing_voip.htm Linktivity WebDemo offers an audio over the Internet facility (VoIP) feature that allows the presenter and the participants to talk to each other during a meeting. In WebDemo this feature is called Voice Chat. Review Overview This review discusses the... Linktivity WebDemo Robin Good 2004-11-24T17:09:08+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/netmeeting/text_chat.htm The text chat functionality is well developed in Microsoft NetMeeting and it offers a fully featured client that can send private messages, allows saving of the chat transcript and permits easy copy and paste of the chat text content. Like... NetMeeting Robin Good 2004-11-24T11:17:42+00:00 http://www.masternewmedia.org/reports/webconferencing/guide/glance/system_requirements.htm Microsoft Windows™ 95 / 98 / ME / NT 4.0 SP6 / 2000 / XP Pentium 100 MHz or higher 32MB RAM or more Microsoft Internet Explorer™ 5.0 or higher, or Netscape Navigator™ 4.0 or higher An Internet connection (a... Glance Robin Good 2004-11-23T23:02:52+00:00