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The Specify Appliance contains Specify software with web server and remote access software for GUI interface. Specify thin client runs a web server so that users can access Specify through web browser. The thin client is currently under active development, planning to release with Specify 7 and has only frequently used features such as data entry and query. The thick client is a full-featured Specify, meaning that there are no functional restriction. But it does require the GUI interface so that you need to access java-applet either through the web browser or VNC viewer.  
The Specify Appliance contains Specify software with web server and remote access software for GUI interface. Specify thin client runs a web server so that users can access Specify through web browser. The thin client is currently under active development, planning to release with Specify 7 and has only frequently used features such as data entry and query. The thick client is a full-featured Specify, meaning that there are no functional restriction. But it does require the GUI interface so that you need to access java-applet either through the web browser or VNC viewer.  


Appliance download link
===Download links===


http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/Specify_v2.1.zip
http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~xetron/Downloads/Specify_v2.1.zip


===Instructions for thin client===
====Instructions for thin client====


Download from above link, extract it, then double click the Specify appliance file.
Download from above link, extract it, then double click the Specify appliance file.
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===Instructions for thick client===
====Instructions for thick client====


Optionally, you can run thick client on web browser with the same address with different port number. You can use the full features of Specify 6.5. Password for VNC is shown on the appliance screen.  
Optionally, you can run thick client on web browser with the same address with different port number. You can use the full features of Specify 6.5. Password for VNC is shown on the appliance screen.  
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The other way to run Specify thick client is through VNCviewer.
====Instructions to run Specify thick client through VNCviewer====
You can download VNC viewer at below site.
You can download VNC viewer at below site.
http://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer/
http://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer/
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