In the upper right hand corner of the user interface you find a row of icons that give direct access to the public space and to a number of personal objects. These icons are available in each of your folders or workspaces.

  Your personal workspace or home folder is the folder that may only be accessed by yourself and contains all your folders and all workspaces where you are a member.

  The public space represents that part of BSCW which is accessible by everyone without any access control (see 3.3.3 and 4.7.6). Click this icon to anonymously access the public part of your BSCW server without terminating your current session under your own user name.

  The clipboard serves as an intermediate store when cutting and copying (see 3.5.1).

  The trash helps to prevent unauthorized or unintentional deletion of objects. In BSCW, an object can be irrevocably destroyed only from its owner’s trash (see 3.5.2).

  The address book is used mainly to invite new members to your workspaces and to assign specific roles when necessary (see 4.5.2).

  The calendar helps you manage your appointments (see 5).

  The bookmarks contain your collected bookmarks and offer quick access to the objects referred to by the bookmarks (see 4.12).

  The task list contains tasks you are to carry out (includes proper tasks, flow folders and project processes; see 8).

  The briefcase is used to synchronize BSCW documents with their counterparts on a local computer (see 9.6).