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9.1 Overview of Sametime LinksThe Sametime Links document describes Sametime Links (ST Links) as “alightweight toolkit that allows <strong>Web</strong> developers to Sametime-enable their <strong>Web</strong>pages and applications with live names. A simple HTML/JavaScript API allows<strong>Web</strong> developers to turn existing names into Sametime Links by simply adding afew lines of HTML, without affecting the layout of the page. While rich infunctionality, it is light in size, using an embedded applet of only about 20K.”Please refer to the Sametime Links 3.1 Toolkit Developer’s Guide and Reference(see 2.2.1, “Sametime Software Development Kit (SDK) documentation” onpage 22 for information on finding this guide) for a complete review offunctionality, Sametime Links elements, and advanced features and options forcustomization. This document is accessible from the Sametime 3.1 Toolkit page.You can go to the Toolkit home page by selecting the SDK link in the Sametimeserver home page. In the Toolkits page, select the Sametime Links Toolkit link. Ifthere is no link, then you first have to install the Sametime Toolkits package onthe Sametime server. You can also find the Developer's Guide and the toolkitdownload on the Toolkits and Drivers page.9.2 Deployment considerationsWhen deploying Sametime Links within an organization, there are certainconsiderations that should be taken into account, such as:► Does the Sametime Server version you are running support ST Links?► Does your Sametime Server allow external HTTP connections?► What impact will the downloading of the ST Links applet have on your server?9.2.1 Size is important►►Will you allow anonymous access to your Sametime Server for ST Linksusers?What browsers do you need to support?Size, or lack of it, is one of the greatest benefits of ST Links over the regularSametime Java Toolkits. Sametime Links tends to be much smaller in size thanmost of the applications that have been built with the Sametime Java Toolkits.The reason for this is that much of the functionality within ST Links is actuallyexecuting and residing on the Sametime Server, with the small ST Links appletprimarily acting as a medium between the client and server, doing things likeencrypting/decrypting chat conversations, handling the display of users status220 <strong>Lotus</strong> <strong>Instant</strong> <strong>Messaging</strong>/<strong>Web</strong> <strong>Conferencing</strong> (Sametime): Building Sametime-Enabled Applications

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