At 04:54 PM 3/15/99 -0600, Timothy Brooks, MD commented...
>I have a client that wants to utilize a chat room on their site. I have
>researched digichat, a pure java based chat program that is relatively
>simple to administer and set up. Does anyone have experience with this
>program? What other solutions have people used and what are their
>experiences? Thanks.
I have mixed feelings about java chat programs. I've had to implement
several of these. One of my clients has a substantial percentage of
WebTV-ers in their audience, and java chat is basically inaccessible to
them. My solution has been to implement *two* chats. One is java-based -
Volano chat. Another is STRAIGHT html/text. Harks back to early web days -
to see new messages, you have to click a "more" button. The upside? It
works EVERYWHERE. Practically EVERYONE can use it. It's fast, low on server
resources, easy to set up. I find it's getting more usage than the java
chat apps, which tend to crash even those whose browsers can handle java.
It's available at http://tech.jps.net/~skempster/
Hope this helps!
Lisa Rowe, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WebVoodoo Productions - http://www.webvoodoo.com/
Fun, Funky, Free Graphics - http://www.webvoodoo.com/free/
WebDesignClinic - http://www.webdesignclinic.com/
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