Use a jabber/xmpp client (e.g. gtalk) to join a chatroom.
Just add the room as a buddy - e.g. bpel4people-tc@soaphub.org.
Handy for mobile devices!
Use '?help' for the list of all short-cuts.
Change colors between speakers
Add a blank line between speakers
Hide joined/left/morph messages
Show timestamps
Beep on new message
Beep on queue creation
Hide Smiley Faces
Hide URLs
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WebConf
Why?
No issues with firewalls since its just vanilla HTTP stuff
No special client required - tested with IE and Firefox
If you leave (or get disconnected) and then come back you
will still see the conversation that occurred while you
were gone
Supports the notion of a speaker queue - very handy when using
this during a conference call
Supports a simple voting mechanism
Features
See the 'Settings' button to customize your chat window and to
change your name
Queue Management
Click on the
at the bottom right of the page to 'raise your hand'
Type a name in the entry field first to add someone who isn't
in the chat to the queue
Click on the next to a name to remove them from the queue
Click on the
at the bottom right of the page to toggle your 'away' status
Voting
Start a new vote by going to the Vote button and
entering the Vote description and choices. Select the
type of vote and then click 'Start new vote'
Cast a vote (for yourself or someone else by going to the
Vote button
End the voting by going to the Vote button and choosing
the 'End Vote' button
Use shift-enter to insert a line-feed in your text
Start a line with '/me ' to show an action for you
Select members and press to start a private
chat room
Edit room info (eg. call-in #s) by pressing
Things to know
Messages older than 720 minutes are erased
Rooms with no members are deleted after 1
hour(s)
Members who are disconnect for more than 60
seconds are assumed to have left