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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:33 pm Subject: Updated Instant Messaging System

Hi,

We started Instant Messaging System for community members few days back and members faced some problems while using it. Hence we started working on it based on the feedback posted in forum and PMs received from the community members to come up with a more usable IM environment.

Unlike the earlier version, initially it shows an empty Friend List for you. Hence the members, who like to stay hidden, can now protect their privacy. There are different options available with the new Instant Messaging System, like Add Friend, Delete Friend, Send IM and Save Friend List. Let’s see how it work-

Add Friend to your friend list:

Click on the Add Friend button, Add New Friend window opens. Now, type the username/community name of your friend and click on Add button. The user would appear in your fried list. The small GREEN point beside the username indicates that the user is logged in to the forum, it turns RED if the user is not online.

Repeat the process to add more friends to your friend list.

Delete Friend from your friend list:

To delete a friend from your list, select the friend’s name and click on Delete Friend button.

Send IM to a friend:

Select the friend’s name from your friend list and click on the Send IM button to invoke the IM window. You can also activate the IM window by double clicking the username inside your Friend List.

Save Friend List:

Once you log out of the forum, your friend list is vanished. To save the current list for future reference, click on the Save Friend List button. Once you have saved your Friend List, it will display your online friends in all the future sessions.

You can see your Friend List only on the Forum index page. There are options to minimize, maximize and close the IM windows and Friend List. We are still trying to improve it, feel free to post your opinions here Very Happy

Regards
Patrik

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:56 pm Subject:

Neato! Tks!

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:57 pm Subject:

fun! Now I can never hide!

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:11 pm Subject:

ummmm..I can't send messages!

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:15 pm Subject:

I think the program may still be in the infancy stage if you can't send messages yet.

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:15 pm Subject:

i think the person receiving the message has to be on the index page at the same time as the other person send the message...

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:16 pm Subject:

Hi

Nice to see the improved chat version. This is much better than the last version. The pages quite load nicely.

One thing I realized after being in this chat system for a while. I guess this has some relation with the forums index page because the software is put only there. The pages load slowly if the index page is open in a different tab. The machine hangs and the pages get stuck in between. But after I closed the forum index page, there were no such problems. The pages were loading just fine. Am I only having such issues?

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:19 pm Subject:

Polly, did you get my reply?

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:23 pm Subject:

nope... did you get what i just sent you?

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:24 pm Subject:

yeah, i got it, but that didn't work...

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:25 pm Subject:

Is it because I am invisible? Do I have a red or a green dot by my name?

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:31 pm Subject:

no, there was no red or green dot. I tried to IM you just now, but it wouldn't send.

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:59 pm Subject:

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:59 pm Subject:

humm is there a way to stop it from popping up every time I go to the index? the people I talk to are always n hidden status anyway , so it doesn't really make much sense for me..

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:22 pm Subject:

Mine is working ok now,I think. But there for a while for some reason no matter who I put in,it just kept putting only Mikes name-about 4 times Laughing

Wonder if that means he is trying to send me a telepathic message lol...Karen

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:47 am Subject:

Karen, have you tried deleting duplicate names? Select the name that you want to remove from your Friend List and click on the Delete Friend button.

When I logged in today nobody was online. Hope I would catch you all some other day Very Happy

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