Experience with mirror drivers for distributed workspace

Authors:
Li Gao;Jingyuan Zhang;Qunwei Zheng;Zheng Wang
Affiliations:
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL;The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL;The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL;The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Venue:
ACM-SE 45 Proceedings of the 45th annual southeast regional conference
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Nowadays it becomes common for a person to have several computers at his disposal. Instead of treating each computer individually, the person would like to have all these computers form a distributed workspace. In other words, the person would like to access all these computers through any one of them. Recent technology advances in hardware and software make a distributed workspace possible. In this paper, we describe our experience of developing a distributed workspace using mirror drivers in Windows environment. By using a mirror driver, an application or the whole desktop of one computer can be shown on another computer very quickly. With the distributed workspace, a user is able to see any window in this workspace, to compare windows from different machines on the same screen, and to exchange information among computers.