Once you are on a WebChat page it's very simple. Whenever you want to receive the latest in the conversation, click on the Chat button. Any new conversation will be sent to you, along with a few of the paragraphs you've already seen (for context). The new stuff will be near the top of your screen, with a red arrow pointing at it. If there is nothing new the server will tell your browser that, and won't send anything. Some browsers handle this by just leaving up the page you already had; others may redraw the screen anyway.
If you want to scroll back in the conversation, enter the number of messages to scroll back in the scroll back box and then click on the Chat button.
If the person sending something gave a URL for a picture of themselves
that will be displayed to the left of their name. And if they included
references to inline gifs in their message text these will be displayed
too. Any hyperlinks they put in will be made live and indicated by a
How do I Send a Message?>
All you need to do to send a message is type it into the big text entry
area on the screen and then click on CHAT.
Of course, if you want to be known by something other than the name
"Anonymous", it would be good to fill in the HANDLE box before you send
something. You can call yourself anything you want, and there's
currently no checking for the name being taken (although that will be
added later).
If you want some image to show up next to your name (your picture, a
photograph of your dog, etc.), then fill in the PICTURE box with an
http:// address that points to the .gif you want to use. It can be on any
machine in the world that is a web server. It's polite to not use too
big an image and also to think of the sensibilities of others.
Your message can also contain inline .gifs sprinkled amongst the message
itself. To do that, just type the address of the .gif just like above,
but put it somewhere in your input text instead of the PICTURE box.
To send a live hyptertext link in your text, type in the full address of
the page you want to point to.
Go to the Mojoski
WebChat Page.