Having meetings with people in different locations can be hard at times. Conflicting schedules, Finding the right times and setting up the place are a couple of problems we have encountered when doing so. Is there any different way to have the meeting online? Yugma maybe the one that can solve your problem.

Yugma is a free web conferencing service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet and to collaborate using any application or software, using both Windows and Mac. The name Yugma is a word from the Sanskrit language meaning “the state of being in unified collaboration“. Businesses can connect on-demand and real-time with clients, prospects or employees whether they are across the city, nation or even the globe. Popular uses include presenting sales proposals, product demonstrations, conducting training, project management, customer service, team reviews, remote support and troubleshooting, and collaboration by web communities such as Skype, Jotspot and Salesforce.com. There is also a Yugma Widget that is available so you can add a Yugma button to your web site, blog, intranet, etc. It makes it really easy for others to join you on a web conferencing session.

Yugma requires Java runtime 1.4.2_07 or later on both Windows and Mac (OSX 10.3 or later). With the Yugma-Free account, users will have 10 attendees on a conference. You can upgrade to the Yugma-Premium service if you need more people to attend the conference. There are three levels of service. Premium-10 supports a host plus 20 other attendees. Premium-20 supports a host plus 20 other attendees. Premium-50 supports a host plus up to 50 other attendees. If you need to host larger meeting than this, you can contact Yugma directly by phone (+1 952-400-0357) or via email at sales@yugma.com. Yugma will then set up a larger account for you.

Overall, a very nice application to have. With Yugma, you can share your desktop directly with the other attendees. Collaboration does happen in real time. Unlike other online collaborative service like AjaxWrite or Zoho Virtual Office, Yugma actually shares your desktop (hence, your files) with others, resulting a real life collaboration-like experience. The only downside of Yugma is that it has to install something on your computer in order for it to work. If you like a direct online collaboration without installing anything, then Yugma is not for you. But if you like direct collaboration experience and real time communication, then Yugma is for you.

You can download Yugma directly by clicking HERE!

Javaref.com is an Ajax driven multi-API java documentation repository. The primary mechanism to access libraries, packages and classes in Javaref.com is through a search mechanism that includes auto-complete.

Java API documentation are displayed in a style that is radically different from the classic javadoc style that ships with the JDK. The documentation includes class source code (where available), ability to leave user notes and ability to transparently navigate between APIs by following code references.

Javaref.com is a service of Bits Of A Byte LLC. Javaref.com works with Mozilla 1.0+, Firefox 1.0+, IE 5.5+ and Netscape 7.0+.

June 21st, 2006 by Angsuman Chakraborty

(CMS) and document management (DMS) through one web-based, AJAX-powered user interface. It is used around the world to maintain web sites, intranets and extranets by companies, governments and NGO’s of any size.” In my experience it is very user friendly and I recommend it.

Magnolia’s main new features include workflow, versioning, JSR-168 support, single-sign-on, scheduled content publishing, a browser-based template-designer, a deployment packager and a new, even better user interface.

“Magnolia makes Enterprise Content Management simple by being user-friendly, battle-tested, enterprise-ready and open-source. Magnolia is available in more than 15 languages including Russian, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish.”

The community edition is free and based on JSR-170. It is 100% Java. I have used it and can recommend it.

Glen Smith explains how easy it was to refactor his Java-Spring Sudoku solver to use Ajax.

I’ve added Ajax goodness to my little Spring-powered Sudoku solver. And it was a total snack. You can double click on individual cells to solve just that square, or use the “Solve” button to solve the whole puzzle. You could probably write a better one entirely in Javascript (other people have), but it does serve as a great example of using Spring IoC, AOP, ORM, and Unit testing support … Check it out (source available here soon).