10. 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 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) displaying a plurality of cursors through the user interfaces associated with each work station of at least a portion of the plurality of work stations, each cursor being responsive to input from a respective participant of the plurality of participants; and b) displaying a plurality of participant indicators, each participant indicator being displayed as an icon having a circular outline and moving in synchronization with a respective cursor of the plurality of cursors, each participant indicator being representative of the respective participant of the respective cursor, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of cursors are displayed with a visual appearance indication that the workgroup application cannot receive input from the respective participants, irrespective of whether the workgroup application can receive input from other participants, displaying the plurality of participant indicators comprises displaying, for each of at least a portion of the plurality of participant indicators, the icon having an opacity between about 25 percent and about 90 percent, the at least a portion of the plurality of participant indicator are presented through the user interfaces associated with each work station of the at least a portion of the plurality of work stations with a spatial ordering corresponding to a temporal ordering in which inputs of the respective participants are received, and opacities of the at least a portion of the plurality of participant indicators are based on running averages of rates at which the respective participants provide inputs.
10. 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 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) displaying a plurality of cursors through the user interfaces associated with each work station of at least a portion of the plurality of work stations, each cursor being responsive to input from a respective participant of the plurality of participants; and b) displaying a plurality of participant indicators, each participant indicator being displayed as an icon having a circular outline and moving in synchronization with a respective cursor of the plurality of cursors, each participant indicator being representative of the respective participant of the respective cursor, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of cursors are displayed with a visual appearance indication that the workgroup application cannot receive input from the respective participants, irrespective of whether the workgroup application can receive input from other participants, displaying the plurality of participant indicators comprises displaying, for each of at least a portion of the plurality of participant indicators, the icon having an opacity between about 25 percent and about 90 percent, the at least a portion of the plurality of participant indicator are presented through the user interfaces associated with each work station of the at least a portion of the plurality of work stations with a spatial ordering corresponding to a temporal ordering in which inputs of the respective participants are received, and opacities of the at least a portion of the plurality of participant indicators are based on running averages of rates at which the respective participants provide inputs. 11. The method of operating a workgroup application of claim 10 , wherein displaying a plurality of participant indicators comprises displaying, for each of at least a portion of the plurality of participant indicators, an avatar of the participant within the circular outline.