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Functions

Hurricane makes live global Presentation a child's play.  The user interface is highly intuitive and flexible.  Hurricane works immediately, directly within the browser window, without the need for software download or installation*. The effects of the functions shown here all work in realtime and render identically across all viewers, regardless of location, operating system or monitor resolution.



Chat



Communicate simply and efficiently with text chat


Exchange files easily by offering a download link (created by the file manager shown below)



The conversation history is available to presenters for download or print





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File Manager



The filemanager allows presenters to load files into the whiteboard, or to generate links in the text chat window.


The filemanager supports image and presentation formats such as JPG, PNG, GIF, SWF and PDF




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Whiteboard


The whiteboard canvas can be freely repositioned and resized


The whiteboard can even display desktop streaming


The presentation tools allow contents to be quickly marked or annotated



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Drawing tools



Draw freely on the whiteboard with the available (and extensible) range of drawing tools



The drawing tools function on both the whiteboard and also the video stream



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Webcam Video



The video window offers features such as freezeframe, stop, clear and play.
Hurricane works with all recognised web cameras




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Desktop Streaming



Our unique system for Desktop Streaming enables a presenter's desktop to be shown in realtime to all viewers simultaniously
Screenshots can be captured from this stream


Drawing, resizing and repositioning tools also work perfectly on the desktop stream




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Visitor Browser


The visitor browser shows who is currently on your website
Visitors connected to other presentors are also displayed




 
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The current number of live presentations, website visitors, and available presenters, are displayed down the right side. In this basic mode only the most necessary information is displayed.



Audio alarms can switched on to alert operators to changing visitor status.
Detailed information grids about ongoing presentations and current visitors can be opened with a single click.
A visitor can be invited into a Hurricane session with a single click.

*flash version 7.0 or higher is required. This is already installed on ~98% of browsers.