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OCR: NeoSoft Whiteboard WWW Wamework for Witernet-based Wollaboration KarldLehenbauer, NeoSoft,dnc. BradeMorrison, Paranet,dnc. EllyneMustard, eNeoSoft,dnc. 0 a Abstract Frequent,o informalo communicationo increaseso theo likelihoodo and longevitycoforesearch collaborations.o Closephysical proximity makes collaborationsomoredikely to becinitiated, candoevenamoredikelyatoobe sustained. Consideringo theo importance ofo physicalo proximityo foro successful collaborations, oitoisoaowonderothatoInternet-basedocollaborationsoare eveno possible.o Yeto researcherso areo aBleo too findo eacho other, communicatecandocollaboratectocproduceosignificantoresults with text- basedctools.o We propose that the higher frequencycofocommunication associatedowithocloseophysicaloproximityocanoalsoobeoenjoyedoino networkedonvironment, owhereaclosenesscisameasured by the available bandwidth for communication. In this paper, we will showchowcourcobservationscofathe Internetanso groupwarecenvironment influencedothecdesignoofoouroownogroupware environment.oOuroinquiriesoledousotoodevelopoaogenericogroupware framework basedconoTclandoTk,owhereoT cloprogramscarectransmitted asotheofundamentalomessageotypeoofotheosystem.o Basedoonocanvas widgets,o theo frameworko integrateso notionso fromo activeo email, hypertext, cand existing networking extensions available foroTel.o The Interact-40cliento iso described.o Writtenotooruno ono theo groupware framework,oitoprovidesoanointeractive,ohypergraphicogroupwareotool that incorporatesamanynotions foundcincotherogroupwarectools, while addingánteresting new features. KEYWORDS real-time groupware,doolkit, adevelopment tools, hypertext INTRODUCTION Why buildagroupwaredooldoralevelopers? Groupwarecisosoftwareothatosupportsomulti-user interactiono ando collaboration.o Weo seto outo to buildosuchondtooldbecauseowe neededoit. Despite theo importanceo ofo physicalo proximityo when conductingoresearcho Joweohaveomanagedoto successfullyo collaborateo overo theo Internet already,candothiscaspect ofcouroworkcisogrowing inowaysothatomakeotheoformationoofonewotools essentialdo@nableausdoprovide maximumovalue foro theo timeo spento workingo witho our collaborators. Projectosizecandoscopecuredincreasing,owhilecour collaborationomethodsoareostillotiedotooe-mail, news,canddongadistance phone calls. Of course, FTPoisounotherowayotooshareodata.o Fingerolets youcseedfoyour colleaguediscon-line;ctalkoallows