Hey all

I am a student doing a 4th year project, studying the usability / workflow effects of a multi user vector
graphics prorgam, at the time, I had not heard of inkboard, and planned on developing a prototype myself.
then, after realising this was far too ambitious, I decided to add multi user functionality to inkscape, to realise
it had already been done.

Searching the net / mailing list archives it seems there isnt any up to date information on the current
state of inkboards development. I have it compiled from the latest stable and cant get inkboard sharing
with other users(different bugs show with loudmouth 0.17 / 1.0 / 1.0.1), I will try compiling the latest svn
checkout today

My plan is to take inkboard (either the rewrite or current release, depending on the rewrite state) and
modify it to fit my requirements, due to the timescale on my project, and my lack of experience
with open source development, I would not be looking to join inkscape development team immediately,
if all goes well with my project, I would be happy to contribute my effort to inkboard after your review.

So I would appreciate it if somone could fill me in on the current state of its development, and possibly
point to where my problem is getting it working ( ill post details if needed )

Also any advice pointers on how to develop with inkscape would be appreciated, I am familiar with
c++, however nowhere near this scale project, which I am familiar with in other languages (java, erlang)

I will be looking to contribute to inkscape / inkboard in the future after my project is finished and I have
some experience with its development

Thanks

Dale Harvey