Welcome to TANGO Interactive Shared Web Browser !

This application allows sharing of arbitrary Web pages. The shared browser works in the master-slave mode, i.e., the slave instances will synchronoze themselves to the master instance. The browser handles correctly pages of arbitrary complexity, including frames, multimedia contants, Java applets, cascading style sheets, and DHTML.

TANGO Interactive shared browser is a true shared browser (beware of cheap imitations!). There is no need to type URLs to share them. A link accessed from the master browser will be automatically accessed by all slave instances.

Master status can be dynamically re-assigned using "Become Master" and "Grant Master" operations in the TANGO Interactive Session Manager. Slave browsers can follow links on their own, but this action is not shared. After a new page has been accessed in the master browser, all slave instances will be automatically re-synchronized.

Shared browser is useful in many applications. Examples:

  • Distance education: Share add-on unstructered material such as code examples, references, or active interactive contents. Shared browser is an ideal tool enhancing specialized cirricula delivery tools such as our Shared DHTML Browser.
  • Web briefings : You can instantly share any document exported to HTML form from Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint, Excel - no difference. Just point the shared browser to the URL of your document.
  • Discuss web page design with your customer: You design a site for a customer and want to get feedback on your work, or teach the customer how to use the site. Use TANGO Interactive shared browser to accomplish just that. No changes of any kind are needed to turn your design into shared entity - our browser will do it for you on the fly!

Limitations:
  • If you click a link that spawns an additional browser window, the window will be spawned for all session participants. However, links clicked in this additional window will not be shared. Workaround: cut the URL from the location line of the new window and paste it into the location line of the original shared browser window.
  • If you share a form that requires input, your typing on the master copy will not be visible. The effect of the form action will be shared, though. Form-sharing applications are implemented TANGO Interactive as a separate application module.

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