ConferenceRoom Java Client

Session Information

Text Entry Fields

Nick - Nickname other users know you as.
Email - (optional) Identifying information, such as your email 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.
Sound on Notice - Play a sound when a notice message arrives.
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 preceed some names:

@ indicates an operator that can issue commands to control the room (colored blue).
+ indicates a user with "voice", only users with voice can speak in a moderated room (colored green).

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 (and leave the current room)
`/action message`	Sends an action (red) message
`/whois nick`	Shows you information about this nickname
`/topic new topic`	Changes the topic (if allowed)
`/voice nickname`	Gives "voice" to nickname (must be oper)
`/[un]ban nickname`	[Un]bans a nickname from room (must be oper)
`/list`	Updates the list of rooms
`/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 (if any), and the number of users in the room, are also shown. To join one of these rooms (and leave the one you are in), just double-click on it. If the room list is not displayed it is 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 even after your session has begun. Note that you cannot change your email information once you have signed on.

Float

Removes the Java applet from the html page, and places it in a seperate window. This is useful if you want to use your browser to view other pages while you chat. When the Java Client 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.