More Info

Selecting More Info from the View menu or the     button from the toolbar will display information about the selected session in the side panel. While inside a session, the user cannot change any of the information. However, whenever a user is not joined to a session he or she can change different aspects of that session's template.

Whenever a session is not started, the Session Information panel has a red border. Once the session have been started, none of the Session Information can be changed, and it is give a green border. The Session Information panel contains some text fields and two checkboxes. The values of these components can be changed by the creator of the session, to give the session participants more information about the session they are in.

• Session's Name: This text field is where the name of the session is declared.
• Server Name: This is where the session will be held. This field can contain either a server's domain name, or it's ip number.
• Port Number: This is the port number on the server where the session will be held.
• From: This is the designated starting time of the session. By default this text field's value is the time when the session's template was created.
• To: This is the designated ending time of the session. By default this text field's value is the time when the session's template was created.
• Anonymous: This checkbox is where the session creator can decide whether the participants of the session will be able to see one another. Whenever this checkbox is checked, the participants list or the map locations become unavailable to participants of the session. Whenever this checkbox is not checked, the participants can use the participants list and the map locations if they desire.
• Session is Persistent: This checkbox is where the session creator decides whether a session truely ends whenever all the participants have left. Whenever this checkbox is checked, whenever all the participants of a session leave, the current state of that session; what tools are open, what is current set and displayed in those tools, etc. is sent to the server where it is retained. Whenever a client decides to join the now participant-less session, he or she becomes the owner of the session, and they recieve the session's saved state from the server, and are free to continue at their own discretion. Whenever this checkbox is not checked, the session will end whenever all the participants of the session have left.
• Comments/Agenda: This textfield is where the session's creator can enter any comments he or she may have, or the agenda to be followed in their session.

Selecting Tools in use from the View menu or the     button from the toolbar will display a list of the active applications in the side panel. Whenever a session is not joined, the side panel has a red border. Whenever a session is joined, the side panel has a green border.

This panel shows the icons and names of all the tools that are currently open in whatever session the user is currently participating in. By right-clicking upon a tool's icon whenever a session is joined, the user can choose to bring the selected tool to the front, or send the selected tool to the back. Whenever a session is not joined, the user can double click on tools in the client window. Instead of opening as they would in a joined session, these double clicked tools are represented in the active tools panel. Whenever the selected session is then started or joined, the tools represented in the active tools panel are then opened and made accessible to all participants in the session. Whenever a session is not joined, and the user right clicks on a tool's icon, the user can remove that tool.

Selecting Participants from the View menu expands two give the user two selectable options, by picture, and by location.

Each participant can define their degree of activity during a session by changing the flag, . You can change your presence flag at any time during the session by clicking on pepper image. There are three icons that represent the different levels of attention:

•   full-time collaborator
•   part-time collaborator
•   away from the session

Notification

Selecting Notification from the View menu or   button from the toolbar will display a list of the names and contact information for everyone whom you've collaborated with in a Habanero session. This list is displayed in the side panel.

The notification list is very helpful when defining a session. Using the add and remove buttons, you can add or remove a person from a session definition. You can slo add a new entry or erase entries from the participant index using the respective buttons.open a panel

The notification window displays a list of the names and contact information for everyone whom you've collaborated with in a Habanero session. The notification list is very helpful when defining a session. Using the add and remove buttons you can add or remove a person from a session definition. You can also add a new entry or erase entries from the participant index using the respective buttons.

Selecting Hide from the View menu or   button from the toolbar will close the panels that get added to the client window when one of the preceeding functions are performed.

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