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Alphabetical List of Links by Subject
NOTE: To use any of these services, you will have to download and install a "client" program... Do not put your real name in the nickname box; there is a chance someone will try to exploit it. Chatter's Jargon Dictionary print this out when you are beginning and use until you are familiar with itCUseeMe World free Web-based videoconferencing Excite Chat free; has voice chat features; easy for beginners; always has plenty of rooms open and lots of people to talk to Eyeball Chat extremely easy to use; free version limits you to one-to-one chats INSTANT MESSAGING several of these IM client programs also offer various types of chat and telephony IRC (Internet Relay Chat) pioneered real-time chat systems and is synonymous with chat; can be more difficult to use than the others listed here, but the most people can be found in this system - this is the "mother ship" of chat sites Microsoft Windows NetMeeting free; aimed at business users; cannot handle multiple video feeds PalTalk free if you accept e-mail advertising; be sure to deselect the boxes that make your name and e-mail address visible to other PalTalk users Yahoo! Messenger free; lots of features; slick package NOTE: "Chatting [is] more intimate and immediate than using instant messaging, which is essentially high-priority e-mail" (Smart Computing, June 2001, p.42) Please send comments to: Colby Glass, MLIS |