Chapter 11

Forms of Chat and Conferencing

Real-time chat (quick, on-the-fly)

Asynchronous chat (not simultaneous, time to consider responses)

Types

Email mailing list - Async. - Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger

Web-based chat - real time - Web Browser

Direct chat programs - real time - Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, AOL-IM

Online conferencing - real time - Microsoft NetMeeting

Chat Etiquette - page 246

Safety While Chatting - page 249