content,install,url,resource:/chrome/dertandembrowser/content/ If you need to uninstall it, delete the 'dertandembrowser' directory and its contents. Then edit these three files and remove the lines containing "dertandembrowser" if present:
button (settings) on the toolbar to the left of the chat area. Fill out
the nickname (and info, if desired) textbox, then press 'okay' to save
your settings. You may use any combination of letters, numbers, and the
underscore for your nickname, but you cannot change it while connected.
button (connect), and selecting "Connect as client". Provide the host's
ip address, either as a numerical address or as a host name, and choose
"Okay". You should see a series of status messages in the chat display
confirming your connection attempt. Once a connection is established,
the message "handshake received: your position is x" will be displayed
in the chat area and a list of partners will appear in the browsing
partners box on the right side of the Der Tandem Browser window. Your
nickname should appear in the position indicated by the handshake
message, and it will be displayed in a bold font. Note that when you
connect as a client, you'll be in tandem mode, as indicated by the
depressed 
button on the connection toolbar and the green status icon 
after your name in the browsing partners
listbox. This means that your browser is linked to the partner whose
nickname appears at the top of the partners list, and, if he is in
tandem mode too, it will display whatever URL is loaded into his
browser. You can turn off tandem mode by toggling the tandem mode button
- the tandem status icon will be cleared, but your nickname remains in
the list of connected partners. It is not necessary to be in tandem mode
in order to chat.dertandembrowser\dtbserver
subdirectory, then connect to it by selecting "Connect as host" from the
Der Tandem Browser connection dialog window. Normally you can start the
server program without any command line arguments. However, if you find
that command messages are being dropped (if the partner status icons
don't seem to update properly, for instance), you may wish to increase
the WriteDelay, which is the minimum time the server waits between
forwarding successive command messages. For more details about
configuring the server, see the DTBServer
section. The server program uses port 4444 by default. after his name, any URL loaded into his
browser is forwarded to all connected partners, and will be loaded and
displayed in the browser of any partner who is also in tandem mode. The
loading icon 
will appear after the name of a tandem
partner while his browser is loading a URL relayed by the browser
captain, then return to green when the document load has been
successfully completed. If the
specified URL is a local file, the file itself will be automatically
transmitted to all linked partners so that it can be loaded and
displayed (not yet implemented).
on the left side of the Der Tandem Browser window. If you are running
DTB in host mode, you'll need to shut down the server program by using
CTRL-C in the program's command/shell window. |
Connect button. Brings up a
connection dialog window. See Connecting
as client or Connecting as host in
the Quick Start section for more information. Will appear depressed
while you are connected to other DTB users. |
|
Disconnect button. Will appear
depressed while you are disconnected. |
|
Tandem mode button. Toggle to
enter/exit tandem mode (see Synchronized Browsing below). This button is
disabled until you are connected. |
 |
Displays the chat area. |
|
Settings button. Displays the
preference panel. |
 |
Displays the "about" panel which
includes program version and copyright information. |
| Command
or Widget |
Character
sequence |
|---|---|
emoticons:     |
:) ;) :( ;(
respectively. |
sonicons (audio icons):  doh, splash |
$* , $~ respectively. |
| links: ex. http://www.mozdev.org |
Enter "http://www.mozdev.org" . |
| actions: ex. adeleH bats her eyelashes | Enter "/me " at the beginning of a line, followed by desired text |
| bold: ex. you cannot be serious! |
Enter "*word*" . Example: "you
*cannot* be serious!" |
after his name, any URL loaded into his
browser is forwarded to all connected partners, and will be loaded and
displayed in the browser of any partner who is also in tandem mode. To
enter or exit tandem mode, toggle the tandem button
on the connection toolbar to the left of the chat area. It is not
necessary to be in tandem mode to chat. will appear after the appropriate name in
the partners list. Typically, you'll see the browser captain's status
change to loading first, followed shortly by the other partners as they
follow his lead. Once the document has finished loading, the browser's
status is updated and the green READY icon is displayed once more. |
Indicates partner is in tandem mode and ready to proceed. Also indicates that the previous load, if any, was successful. |
|
Indicates that partner is in
tandem mode and is loading a shared URL. |
 |
Indicates partner is in tandem
mode and ready to proceed, but that the previous document load was not
completed or was unsuccessful. |
| (no icon) Indicates that partner
is in SOLO mode, i.e. not linked. |
button (settings) on the toolbar to the left of the chat area. Press the
'okay' button to save any changes to your settings. If you don't wish to
save your changes, switch to one of the other views, either the chat
area or the 'about' panel, without clicking the 'okay' button.| Preference |
Default Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| verbose messages |
false |
When this is true, diagnostic
and expanded informational messages (e.g. raw command data) are
displayed in the chat area. Used primarily for debugging. |
| play connect tone |
false |
Setting this true will cause a
tone to be played when a new guest connects to the host. Applies only to
the DTB in host mode. |
| emoticons |
true |
Enables/disables the display of
emoticons in the chat area. If disabled, the emoticon drop down menu
will be hidden and emoticon strings are simply displayed as text. |
| sonicons |
true |
Enables/disables audio icons. If
disabled, sonicon strings are simply displayed as text and the
associated .wav files are not loaded. |
| nickname |
"dtb_partner" |
User's chat name. Must consist
of only alphanumeric characters and/or the underscore, and is limited to
25 characters. Cannot be changed while connected. |
| info |
"" |
User information displayed as a
tooltip when the mouse cursor is positioned over user's name in the
partners list box. Might typically be used for a quote or an email
address. Limited to 35 characters. |
| host max. |
4 |
The maximum number of
connections allowed by the host. Requests
to connect after this quota has been reached will be rejected. |
Documents and
Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\<profile
name>\<random string> or something similar. On Linux, it
would be ~/.mozilla.
dtbserver -h
to display the usage description and a list of flags. If you are
considering using a different port, bear in mind that the DTB client
also expects to connect to port 4444 and would have to be modified as
well. To stop the server, use CTRL-C.dtbserver -w100 on the command line. As an
illustration, I've found that I had to boost the delay to 50
milliseconds on a 800 MHz PIII while listening to large .wav files,
although the default of .5 ms normally works fine on that same machine.| Error Message Text |
Description |
|---|---|
| Error
01: Please reenter nickname using only characters [A-Za-z0-9_]. |
Displayed when attempting to save user settings after entering an invalid nickname. |
| Error
02: Cannot alter nickname while connected - change ignored. |
Displayed when attempting to save user settings while connected, after changing nickname. All preferences other than the nickname are updated. |
