NCRA Online's chat platform has a number of features which you might want to become familiar with. This article deals with only the chat application, not the instant messenger.
Sending Messages
After entering a room, you can type a message in the input field near the bottom of the chat area. Press Enter or click Send to send the message. Your message then appears on the chat screen preceded by your username. The message will be reaching all the users online in the same room. Press Ctrl+Enter to start a new line within your current message.
Sending Messages to a Specific User
The messages are still public, but directed to a particular user. In a face-to-face conversation with several people, you sometimes look at a particular person when you're talking.
If you are chatting in a room and want to send messages to one of the other chatters, click on his/her name in the user list or select the user nickname from the dropdown menu at the bottom of the window.
Whisper to Other People
In the list of users, select the people you want to whisper to. In the message text box at the bottom of the window, type what you want to say, and then click the Whisper button. Your message appears only to the people you selected.
Private Chat Window
Private Chat Window is used for a longer, private conversation taking place in it’s own window along side the room chat. Chatters are able to open a private window to any other chatter in the same channel to talk one on one.
To initiate a private chat window, either right-click the user's nickname in the room user list, and select the "Private Chat" option or double-click the user's nickname directly to activate a private window with him or her.
If someone initiates a private chat window with you, an "Accept" button will be displayed. By clicking the "Accept" button, you will accept the private chat and get in the chat window.
You may also view a more complete chat guide if you like.
Posted
Oct 07 2008, 11:17 AM
by
Serge Obolensky, CAE