Some names are password protected on the chat server. For example the room administrator names are password protected. You have tried to use one of these password protected names. Please use another user name.

YES! You can.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.

Firstly you can ignore the message, by clicking on the Ignore User button - see question 4 above for more. If you are the room administrator you can also expel or ban this annoying user from the chat room. If you are a user of the chat room, contact the webmaster of the site and they can use their room administration controls to expel/ban the user.

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

You need to use a web browser that is Java enabled in order to use ParaChat.

If your browser is not Java enabled you will not see the chat room but get a message
'Sorry your browser is not Java enabled'

Windows 95 users :Netscape 2.0, or higher. Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher

MAC users must use MS Internet Explorer 3.01b , or Netscape 4.0 - it will not work reliably with Netscape 3.0. Please see following MAC question for more.

Win 3.1 users can use Netscape 3.01 Beta with Java for Windows 3.1 , see following question on Win 3.1 for more.

When you visit the web page with the chat room and your browser supports Java you will see the chat window. Click on the Connect button , enter you user name (other fields are not required) and click on OK. You are in the chat room. You will see the others in the black window on the right. Type any message in the text box at the bottom and hit return and it is sent to all users by default.

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.

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?

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.

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

Highlight the user name and click on the 'User Info' button to get info on the user's login.