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Collaborative Session Management. Argonne National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Ray Bair October 21, 1997. NCSA Habanero. User Environment. Session Control. National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois. NCSA Habanero Features.
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Collaborative Session Management Argonne National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Ray Bair October 21, 1997
NCSA Habanero User Environment Session Control National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois
NCSA Habanero Features • Collaborative framework • Construction supports a wide variety of tools • Cross platform • Any platform that supports the Java Development Kit (JDK) • Windows 95 & NT, Solaris, IRIX, Macintosh, AIX, etc. • Provides routing, synchronization, arbitration • Shared events • Provides sharing of state data • Applications leverage new framework developments - CORBA
DOE 2000 Habanero Features • Security integrated into API • Improved floor control model • Web page session launch • Multiple modes • User selects session to join from list • 3D virtual rooms access sessions (ANL) • Additional tools • Shared screens (TeleViewer) • Audio/Video (MBONE, CUseeMe) • Shared Netscape browser (WebTour) • Shared editors, Instruments, etc.
TeleViewer EMSL TeleViewer • Share anything on your screen, with anyone, anywhere • Any application on UNIX, Windows, Macintosh platforms • Pick a window, rectangle, or the whole screen • Print, save, copy, annotate shared region images
Multi-Pane Whiteboard • Draw text, lines, shapes, etc. • Blank background or selected picture • Multiple whiteboards, with thumbnails • Parallel work within distributed groups • Addresses issues of ownership and control
DOE2000 Habanero Status • Software distribution agreement • Next release date = October 31 • NCSA tools + TeleViewer, Multi-Pane Whiteboard, CUseeME (Mac, PC), MBONE (UNIX, PC) • Platforms supported = Windows’95, IRIX, Sun Solaris, Macintosh • Download from http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/docs/collab/ • Exhibit at SC’97 (High Performance Networking and Computing) November 17-20 in San Jose • Windows NT testing starts in November