private chat | ignore users| surf button| font colour| user info button| float button | audio cue
1. How do I send a private message?
Check the 'private chat' check box and highlight the user and then any message typed is sent only to that user with a [PRIVATE your_name] in front of it so he know who sent it and that it is private.
2. Can I block out annoying messages?
To silence annoying chatters in your room , check the 'ignore user' check box and highlight the user and then any message sent by the user will not be displayed on your screen. If you like using commands you can use *ignore add username
Its as if that annoying user just went away! Wish it worked in real rooms too right?
3. What's that Surf button for?
By default, the Surf button takes you to the last URL in the chat text, i.e the last URL someone typed in as part of their message or was in the chat window. If you want to surf to something else, highlight the URL in the chat window and hit Surf. This is how you can visit that cool site some user just typed a message about. Please note Surf takes you to the URL on a separate window of your browser so you can keep chatting on the original browser window.
4. Can I customize the chat window, fonts colors?
Type '*chat' in the text box (where you type to send messages) to get a help on how to change fonts and colors for your window.
For example
*chat bgcolor black (changes background color of the chat window to black)
*chat fgcolor green (changes foreground (text) color of the chat window to green)
*chat font courier (changes font of the chat window to Courier)
*chat fontsize 14 (changes font size of the chat window to 14)
*chat (gives a help on the entire list of commands available)
5. How can I find out more about the others in the chat room
Highlight the user name and click on the 'User Info' button to get info on the user's login.
6. What is the Float Button for? Can I resize the chat window after a Float?
Click on the Float button to bring up the chat applet in a separate window, separate from the browser. This separate chat window can be resized and moved independent of the browser window containing the chat web page. Use Unfloat to remove this separate chat window and fix it back on the chat web page.
Please note by default the size of the floated window is 3/4 the size of your browser window. You can change it as you wish, the size it comes up with just a default start size.
7. Can I get an audio cue, a beep notification when someone enters or leaves the room?
Yes. You can use the *beep command to set an audio cue when anyone enters or leaves the room. If you enter *beep (in the message line) you will get a help message as well as the current beep settings
To turn beep on when someone enters the
room use
*beep enter on
To turn beep on when someone leaves the
room use
*beep leave on
To turn beep off when someone enters the
room use
*beep enter off
To turn beep off when someone leaves the
room use
*beep leave off