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WikiSysop at 01:06, 8 December 2006

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WikiSysop at 01:06, 8 December 2006

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Dave at 17:04, 17 July 2006

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Dave at 17:03, 17 July 2006

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Dave at 17:00, 17 July 2006

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Dave at 16:59, 17 July 2006

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Dave at 16:58, 17 July 2006

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Dave at 16:54, 17 July 2006

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Dave at 16:38, 17 July 2006

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Dave at 15:57, 17 July 2006

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 * [http://www.x7chat.com/ X7 Chat]
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+<td>AJAX chat applications.
 * [http://gamma.nic.fi/~jmp/chat/app.html chat.app]
 * [http://www.phpfreechat.net/ PHP Free Chat]
 * [http://blog.outer-court.com/chat/ Sunset chat] (with avatars)
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 There are also companies who will host chats for you.

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-<th>Chat clients</th><th>WWW chat room software</th></tr>
+<th>Chat clients</th><th colspan=2>WWW chat room software</th></tr>
 <tr valign=top><td>
 * [http://www.irc.org Internet Relay Chat - IRC] (e.g. [http://www.mirc.com/ MIRC], [http://www.apollo3.com/virc/main.htm VIRC], [http://www.bitchx.org/ BitchX])
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 * [http://www.webchat.org WebChat]
 * [http://www.x7chat.com/ X7 Chat]
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 There are also companies who will host chats for you.

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-To take part in a chat, you can point your browser at a chat room, log in, and start typing. Each time you hit return, the line appears on the screen, preceded by your nickname. The more people in the chat room, the faster the lines appear, and the quicker the chat goes. When we are running e-consultations you can try out our example installation of [http://www.e-consultation.org/phpopenchat/ PHP Open Chat].
+To take part in a chat, you can point your browser at a chat room, log in, and start typing. Each time you hit return, the line appears on the screen, preceded by your nickname. The more people in the chat room, the faster the lines appear, and the quicker the chat goes.
 Most web-hosted chat rooms can cope with one or two dozen users before they start to slow down. So dedicated chatters use chat clients that link to chat server networks, like Internet Relay Chat (IRC). You can get 50 active chatters and hundreds of lurkers (people who read but don't type) in an IRC channel.

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-To take part in a chat, you can point your browser at a chat room, log in, and start typing. Each time you hit return, the line appears on the screen, preceded by your nickname. The more people in the chat room, the faster the lines appear, and the quicker the chat goes. Try out our example installation of [http://www.e-consultation.org/phpopenchat/ PHP Open Chat].
+To take part in a chat, you can point your browser at a chat room, log in, and start typing. Each time you hit return, the line appears on the screen, preceded by your nickname. The more people in the chat room, the faster the lines appear, and the quicker the chat goes. When we are running e-consultations you can try out our example installation of [http://www.e-consultation.org/phpopenchat/ PHP Open Chat].
 Most web-hosted chat rooms can cope with one or two dozen users before they start to slow down. So dedicated chatters use chat clients that link to chat server networks, like Internet Relay Chat (IRC). You can get 50 active chatters and hundreds of lurkers (people who read but don't type) in an IRC channel.

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 <table cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 border=0><tr>
-<th>Chat clients</th><th>Chat room software (over the web)</th></tr>
+<th>Chat clients</th><th>WWW chat room software</th></tr>
 <tr valign=top><td>
 * [http://www.irc.org Internet Relay Chat - IRC] (e.g. [http://www.mirc.com/ MIRC], [http://www.apollo3.com/virc/main.htm VIRC], [http://www.bitchx.org/ BitchX])

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-* [http://www.jabber.org/ JabberChat]
+* [http://www.prowler-pro.com/jabberchat/ JabberChat]
 * [http://www.phpopenchat.org/ PHP Open Chat]
 * [http://ralfchat.sourceforge.net/ Ralf's Chat]

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 <th>Chat clients</th><th>Chat room software (over the web)</th></tr>
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-* Internet Relay Chat - IRC
+* [http://www.irc.org Internet Relay Chat - IRC] (e.g. [http://www.mirc.com/ MIRC], [http://www.apollo3.com/virc/main.htm VIRC], [http://www.bitchx.org/ BitchX])
 * [http://www.jabber.org/ Jabber Instant Messenger]
 * [http://get.live.com/messenger/overview Windows Live Messenger] (formerly MSN Messenger)

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 If you want to set up an online chat for a consultation, you can pick from a long list of chat clients and chat room server software. Most of them are free to use. Here are some examples:
-<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=0><tr>
+<table cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 border=0><tr>
-<th>Chat clients</th><th>Chat rooms (over the web)</th></tr>
+<th>Chat clients</th><th>Chat room software (over the web)</th></tr>
 <tr valign=top><td>
 * Internet Relay Chat - IRC
-* Jabber Instant Messenger
+* [http://www.jabber.org/ Jabber Instant Messenger]
-* MSN/Windows Messenger
+* [http://get.live.com/messenger/overview Windows Live Messenger] (formerly MSN Messenger)
-* Yahoo Messenger
+* [http://messenger.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Messenger]
-* Skype
+* [http://www.skype.com/ Skype]
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 <td>
-* JabberChat
+* [http://www.jabber.org/ JabberChat]
-* PHP Open Chat
+* [http://www.phpopenchat.org/ PHP Open Chat]
-* Ralf's Chat
+* [http://ralfchat.sourceforge.net/ Ralf's Chat]
-* WebChat
+* [http://www.webchat.org WebChat]
-* X7 Chat
+* [http://www.x7chat.com/ X7 Chat]
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-*a facility that allows real-time text or voice communication over the Internet.
+This is any facility that allows real-time text communication over the Internet.
-[[Image:Irc.png|left|thumb|IRC (Internet Relay Chat)]]
+The first picture below shows a 16-year old teaching civil servants how to run a chat over the Internet. In 2000, The East Belfast Partnership Board asked their youth worker, Matt Milliken, to find out the views of young people in East Belfast on contentious issues, such as human rights and policing. He needed to find a neutral venue (neither catholic nor protestant). The only one he could find at the time was the Internet. He set up chat rooms on a server, and ran them for 3 days. Every class in the computer room of every school in East Belfast went online to the chat rooms. The discussions were facilitated by trained 16-year olds, including the one in the picture. So e-consultation really is child's play!
 [[Image:Chat_room.png|left|thumb|a chat room]]
-[[Image:Childs_play.jpg|none|thumb|Child's play]]
+[[Image:Irc.png|none|thumb|IRC (Internet Relay Chat)]]
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-* Instant messaging with other people over the Internet using <b>web browser</b>
+To take part in a chat, you can point your browser at a chat room, log in, and start typing. Each time you hit return, the line appears on the screen, preceded by your nickname. The more people in the chat room, the faster the lines appear, and the quicker the chat goes. Try out our example installation of [http://www.e-consultation.org/phpopenchat/ PHP Open Chat].
-** Internet Relay Chat - IRC web client
-** JabberChat
+Most web-hosted chat rooms can cope with one or two dozen users before they start to slow down. So dedicated chatters use chat clients that link to chat server networks, like Internet Relay Chat (IRC). You can get 50 active chatters and hundreds of lurkers (people who read but don't type) in an IRC channel.
-** PHP Open Chat
-** Ralf's Chat
+Finally, there are buddy chat systems, like ICQ or MSN Messenger. You use these to chat to particular friends or colleagues, rather than groups of strangers. Nowadays these also let you talk to them, using [[VOIP|voice over IP].
-** WebChat
-** X7 Chat
+If you want to set up an online chat for a consultation, you can pick from a long list of chat clients and chat room server software. Most of them are free to use. Here are some examples:

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	[http://www.e-consultation.org/phpopenchat/ PHP Open Chat]		[http://www.e-consultation.org/phpopenchat/ PHP Open Chat]
		+	* Instant messaging with other people over the Internet using <b>chat client</b>
		+	** Gizmo Project
		+	** Google Talk
		+	** Internet Relay Chat - IRC
		+	** MSN/Windows Messenger
		+	** Skype
		+	** Yahoo Messenger
		+	** Jabber Instant Messenger
		+
		+	* Instant messaging with other people over the Internet using <b>web browser</b>
		+	** Internet Relay Chat - IRC web client
		+	** JabberChat
		+	** PHP Open Chat
		+	** Ralf's Chat
		+	** WebChat
		+	** X7 Chat