ERoom provides a simple but abundant set of end user tools. Users start in the facility's home page, which has links to individual eRooms. Each eRoom contains two Java windows. The right-hand window catalogs all the items a user adds to the work space. These would include objects such as folders for containing related information, an in box for messages directed to the eRoom e-mail address, discussions, notes, links to other sites, and polls, which take people's votes on issues you specify.
Users can also add several types of lists, such as for tasks, milestones, inventory, and contacts.
These lists appear in columns and are quite customizable. To add new items to a list, you click a button and a form appears. To add contents to eRoom folders, users drag files directly from Windows Explorer, whereupon eRoom makes and stores a copy in its own file management system. ERoom automatically indexes files as they are added. An icon identifies all new or unread items, and eRoom can notify users by e-mail or with a taskbar icon when new items appear.