In IDETalk I can see a list of the files that a remote user has open, open a local version of the file, and even compare my local version with the remote version, but I cannot open the remote version.
I often find myself trying to help out a colleague who is currently working on a file that has not yet been added to the repository, so I don't have a local copy. It would be extremely convenient if I could simply open up the remote version of the file and look at it.