4.2 User preferences

BSCW lets you adapt a number of system functions to

• the performance of your local computer system and of the Internet link to your BSCW server,
• specific requirements of the tasks at hand,
• your personal workstyle,
• your proficiency with using BSCW.

You can adapt BSCW ad hoc to a session in an unfavorable technical environment, e. g. while traveling, using telephone lines of low bandwidth or if you want to use the BSCW Helper or specific features of your browser to make BSCW even more comfortable and faster to work with.

Note:

Preferences are set for a specific server. If you want to work with several servers in the same way, you have to set identical Preferences on all servers.

Preferences are not automatically adapted to the local workstation you may be using. Thus, if you access your BSCW Workspaces from a different machine than normally, some of your Preferences may not be appropriate because this machine lacks some functionality or resources that you rely on in your Preferences for your regular computer system.