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1.6.2 Multiplatform support in STLinks ToolkitSTLinks Toolkit now has multiplatform support in Sametime 3.1. Platform supportnow includes the AIX, Solaris, and Linux platforms. Browser support now alsoincludes Netscape 7 instead of Netscape 4.7. Operating system and browsercompatibility is shown in Table 1-1.Table 1-1 Operating system and browser compatibility for Sametime Links ToolkitOperating systemBrowser versionWindows IE 5 and higher, Netscape 7AIX Netscape 7Solaris Netscape 7Linux Netscape 71.6.3 Status on login supportA new feature in Sametime 3.1 is the Status on Login feature. This feature givesyou the ability to choose your status upon initially logging in to the community. Inall the previous Sametime releases, whenever the user logged in to thecommunity (from any client), his status automatically became Active. The userhad to change it manually, or have the client change it through an automatedprocess. In some cases, this could cause an extra refresh for other users’ contactlists, as well as create an unnecessary pop up alert dialog for other clients. Anexample of this scenario is as follows:1. User 1 asks to be alerted about user 2 whenever he becomes Active. User 2logs in and then the client automatically changes his status to an Away mode.2. User 1 will get the alert that the user is Active and then will see him as anAway in the contact list. This type of scenario could be very confusing tousers.We can avoid this problem by using the new feature Status on Login. Using thisfeature tells the server to log in user 2 with status of Away, so user 1 will not getthe alert. This feature has been added to the Java and C++ Toolkits.Java/C++ ToolkitsThere is a new method in the CommunityService:►setLoginStatus (bool forceChangeStatus, STUserStatus loginStatus): Setsthe status to be used in the next login try (does not affect current user status).14 Lotus Instant Messaging/Web Conferencing (Sametime): Building Sametime-Enabled Applications