1. A method of operating a workgroup application to facilitate collaboration among a plurality of participants, the workgroup application operating in a computer system having a plurality of work stations, each work station having a user interface associated therewith, the method comprising: a) receiving a first input from a participant through a user interface associated with a first work station of the plurality of work stations; b) receiving a second input from a second participant through a user interface associated with a second work station of the plurality of work stations; and c) simultaneously presenting a first participant indicator and a second participant indicator through displays associated with at least a portion of the plurality of work stations, the first and second participant indicators indicative of the first and second participants, respectively, the first and second participant indicators each having an opacity that varies between a minimum opacity of about 25 percent and a maximum opacity of about 90 percent, wherein, the first participant indicator and the second participant indicator are presented on the displays associated with the at least a portion of the plurality of work stations with a spatial ordering corresponding to a temporal ordering in which the first input and the second input are received, and an opacity of the first participant indicator is based on a running average of a rate at which the first participant provides inputs.
1. A method of operating a workgroup application to facilitate collaboration among a plurality of participants, the workgroup application operating in a computer system having a plurality of work stations, each work station having a user interface associated therewith, the method comprising: a) receiving a first input from a participant through a user interface associated with a first work station of the plurality of work stations; b) receiving a second input from a second participant through a user interface associated with a second work station of the plurality of work stations; and c) simultaneously presenting a first participant indicator and a second participant indicator through displays associated with at least a portion of the plurality of work stations, the first and second participant indicators indicative of the first and second participants, respectively, the first and second participant indicators each having an opacity that varies between a minimum opacity of about 25 percent and a maximum opacity of about 90 percent, wherein, the first participant indicator and the second participant indicator are presented on the displays associated with the at least a portion of the plurality of work stations with a spatial ordering corresponding to a temporal ordering in which the first input and the second input are received, and an opacity of the first participant indicator is based on a running average of a rate at which the first participant provides inputs. 3. The method of operating a workgroup application of claim 1 , wherein receiving the second input from the second participant comprises receiving text input.