connections:functionality:im
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| - | ====== Instant messaging ====== | + | ====== Instant messaging (IM/chat) ====== |
| - | You can use this by going to another user's profile who is currently online - you can detect that by seeing a red frame around user's image anywhere on your own or other profiles, or going to particular user's profile and seeing a red frame around user's picture. In such case there will be additional icon under the user's picture with label "IM/Chat": | + | **Please note:** you must have pop-ups enabled to accept chat from other users. If a user requests a chat, but pop-ups are blocked, a warning will appear advising the user to enable pop-ups. |
| - | {{:connections:functionality:profile_im.jpg|}} | + | You can use IM by going to another user's profile who is currently online - you will know they're online if there is a red frame around their profile picture (in your My Friends box on your profile, or on their profile page, or anywhere else their image appears). |
| - | Then on instant messanger there is following functionality: | + | If the user is online, there will also be an additional icon under their picture on their profile, with the label "IM/Chat": |
| - | * pop-out chat in a floatbox to a pop-up window / pop-in chat in a pop-up window into a floatbox | + | |
| - | * enable / disable notification sound using the sound icon | + | |
| - | * chat with the other user | + | |
| - | * if someone wants to start a chat with you, a notification window will pop-up (unless pop-up blocker enabled) | + | |
| - | **Please note:** | + | {{:connections:functionality:im_icon.png|}} |
| - | * If you start a chat with a user, your chat window will be opened in a floatbox, but you can pop it out using the pop-out icon in upper-right corner of the chat window | + | |
| - | * If some other user will start a chat with you, a pop-up window will appear with the chat which you can pop-in to a floatbox using the pop-in icon in the upper-right corner of chat window | + | Clicking this starts a chat with the other user. When you start a chat, your chat window will be opened in a floatbox, but you can pop it out into its own window by using the pop-out icon in upper-right corner of the chat window. The other user will see a pop-up notification of your chat request (unless they have pop-ups blocked). |
| - | * It is necessary to have pop-ups enabled to accept chat from other users. If a user requests a chat, but pop-ups are blocked, a warning will appear encouraging users to enable pop-ups | + | |
| + | Note that within the IM, you can enable/disable notification sounds using the sound icon. | ||
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| + | {{:connections:functionality:im_demo.png|}} | ||
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