The Hindu Business Line : Chatting away

Chatting is one online activity that's attracting more and more converts every ay. From the multitude of chat applications available on the Internet, we have lined up a few that you might find worth a dekko.

ChatPOP

ChatPOP is a three-dimensional graphical animation chatting service on the Internet. You can select your favourite avatar from various characters available and meet with other people. Every word you type in will be displayed in a balloon on the above of your avatar's head. You can walk through the chatting background and express your emotions to other users.

Purchase information: Freeware

Filesize: 2.56 MB

Platform: Win 95, Win 98, Win NT 3.x, Win NT 4.x, Win 2000

Download location: www.chatpop.com

Chat Anywhere

Chat Anywhere is a chat server for real-time chatting both in the local network and in the Internet. People can visit your Web-based chatroom via Internet browser, which saves them the bother of installling Chat Anywhere and they can use any operating system.

You can kick any abusive user out of your chatroom and set the forbidden IP so that unwelcome people are unable to visit. The visitors need not install any special `client software' either, because the browser will suffice. If your computer can connect to a certain network, you can build your chatroom within seconds and chat with other people.

Purchase info: Shareware

Filesize: 708KB

Platform: Win 95, Win 98, Win NT 3.x, Win NT 4.x, Win 2000

Download location: www.lionmax.com

LOL Chat

LOL Chat is a real-time chat program with plenty of features. Each user you chat with has their own window, and you see each character as it is typed, rather than line-by-line. You can exchange files, play sounds, and type in full rich text, with custom colours, macros, and font styles. You can also view a list of users logged onto any of the servers, or search for friends across all servers.

Purchase info: Freeware

Filesize: 1.35 MB

Platform: Win 95, Win 98, Win NT 3.x, Win NT 4.x, Win 2000

Download location: ftp://ftp.zwave.net/lolchat/lc251.exe

leafChat

leafChat is an IRC chat client - a program for accessing the largest and most varied chat system on the Internet. Thousands of people are logged onto this system at any given time, and you can chat with them either in groups called `channels' or one-to-one. A variety of similar programs are available, but leafChat is easier to use, more powerful, and better looking than many of the competitors.

Purchase info: Shareware

Filesize: 1.39 MB

Platform: Win 95, Win 98, Win NT 3.x, Win NT 4.x, Win 2000

Download location: www.leafdigital.com

I12 Chat! Suite

I12 Chat! Suite is a complete toolkit for creating high-performance live contents delivering HTML chat rooms. It comes with a GUI chat room editor, a powerful chat server with security features, and management tools.

This software is designed to be very flexible and will let you construct the chat room you need by allowing dynamic add-ons by using your own DLLs or by implementing Java Applets, advertising banners, JavaScript and more. It can be used by companies which want to have internal communication possibilities, for interactive messages boards with advertising or even for home users.

Purchase info: Shareware

Filesize: 2.48 MB

Platform: Win 95, Win 98, Win NT 3.x, Win NT 4.x, Win 2000

Download location: www.yamasoft.com

Funchat

Funchat features an interface chat entry window where you can see your friends typing and a chat history window where you can see a timeline of the conversation. All messages are encrypted before they are sent so that no one else can read them.

Purchase info: Freeware

Filesize: 911 KB

Platform: Win 95, Win 98, Win NT 3.x, Win NT 4.x, Win 2000

Download location: www.tenebril.com

myJabber

myJabber is a gateway to the world of dependable, easy-to-use, instant messaging and group conferencing. Lightweight, configurable and very user-friendly, myJabber has become quite popular.

Designed for both the individual user and the corporate sector, myJabber will interact with AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and IRC. It contains customisable sound cues, person-to-person file transfers and accepts `headline' broadcasts from MSN, Hotmail and Yahoo.

Purchase info: Freeware

Filesize: 3.12 MB

Platform: Win 95, Win 98, Win NT 3.x, Win NT 4.x, Win 2000

Download location: www.sltscommunications.net

Compiled by C. Ramesh

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