Overview: What is a Sphere?

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In the last post, I gave somewhat of a brief outline of what SupraSphere is.

Now it’s an opportune time for me to explain just what my favorite thing aspect of SupraSphere. *grins* In fact, spheres really make up what this project is.

A sphere is this container for all different sorts of information, including messaging, RSS feeds, bookmarks, emails and other sources. But, it’s more than just a giant bubble, in that you can share this sphere with other people so that you can collaborate on projects easily in a secure environment. Another great thing is you can have more than one sphere open. So that would mean you can share the same or different pieces of information with different or the same people. You can choose who has access to spheres.

Another feature within spheres is the security. All incoming and outgoing communication is strongly encrypted and has an authentication layer called a “Zero Knowledge Proof”.

When it comes to working collaboratively, one consideration is the extensive management possibilities of any given sphere that you create. Honestly, I love to oversee things, being able to customize and such. So being able to manage privileges and preferences and make work flow rules for the people I share spheres with makes my life a whole lot easier. I can delegate certain things to certain people, and make sure everyone knows what they are doing so we as a team can accomplish things.

Now what happens when I am busy working on a project outside of SupraSphere? That’s simple: I can actually set a preference to notify me if I get any information sent to me by way of the system tray, blinking, and pop-ups. These simple ways to get someone’s attention are really handy! If it’s an urgent message, or even if you are just saying hi, it’s really great to know that your message will be received. :) In fact, as mentioned before, when a message is read, you can find out through a graphical confirmation. The recipient’s name or names will change color when they read it.

Too bad we don’t have that feature in blogs yet!

Andria