SESSION INFORMATION

Text Entry Fields

• Nick - Nickname other users know you as.
• E-mail - (optional) Identifying information, such as your e-mail address.
• Room - Name of the room you want to enter.

Session Options

• Play Sounds - Hear sound requests that other users make.
• Sound on Join - Play a sound when a user joins the room.
• Use Colors - Use colors to differentiate types of messages.
• Show Joins - Receive notification when a user joins or leaves the room.

Client Buttons
Chat
Displays the chat dialog currently in progress.

• The list on the left (if any) shows the rooms on the server. If the server has a large number of rooms you will need to enter /list to update this list. The room you are currently in is displayed as bold. You can switch rooms by double-clicking on one.
• The center area shows the messages you have sent and received. The current topic for this room, if any, is shown in the title bar.
• The right list displays people currently in this chat room. Your nick is displayed as bold. If you select one or more names from the list then your messages (and sounds) will only go to those people. There are two special characters that precede some names:

  @ indicates an operator that issue commands to control the room.

  + indicates a user with "voice", only users with voice can speak in a moderated room.

• At the bottom is the input line. You can send a message by typing it on this line. A few basic commands you can enter are:
  
  

  /nick newname	Change your nickname
  /join #newroom	Create a new room or join an existing room
  /action message	Sends an action (red) message
  /whois nick	Shows you information about this nickname
  /topic new topic	Changes the topic (if allowed)
  /list	Updates the room list
  /quit	Leave the chat and disconnect from the server
  /sound sound message	Sends a sound and a message
  The sound will only be heard by others using the java client. Some common sounds are: bell, laugh, gong, moo, crash, flush, knock and whistle.

Rooms
Displays all the rooms that are currently available. The current topic for the room (ifany), and the number of users in the room, are also shown. To join one of these rooms (andleave the one you are in), just double-click on it. If the room list is not displayed itis because there are a large number of rooms on the server. To display the list enter /list. You can also filter the room list using /list filter. For example: /list*teen* will show only rooms with teen in the name.

Session
Displays your current session settings. Allows you to change most of your settings evenafter your session has begun. Note that you cannot change your e-mail information once you've signed on.

Float
Removes the Java applet from the html page, and places it in a separate window. This is useful if you want to use your browser to view other pages while you chat. When the JavaClient is "floating", the button toggles its meaning and contains the word "Embed". If it is pressed while in this state, it causes the Java applet to be placed back into the page from which it came, or closed if you are not displaying that page.

Help
Displays this help page.