Overview

The chat app enables users of the platform to create chat rooms where users can freely exchange text messages with each other. Rooms are identified by a unique id. Anyone who has the id can connect to the room.

To connect to a room with a given id, just enter the id into the id text field and click the connect button. If a room with that id doesnt currently exist, one will be created. Because anyone who has the id can connect to the room, it is a good idea to choose an id that is hard to guess and then share that id with the users you wish to be able to connect. You can generate an id by clicking the id link, which will generate a random id and put it in the id textbox.

Saved Rooms

You can save the name and id of a room as a bookmark so that you can easily reconnect to that room again. After entering a name and id, click the save link. This will create a bookmark (displayed below the connect form). Clicking on the bookmark will enter the room detains in the connection form. It will not automatically connect you to the chat, click the connect button after clicking the bookmark to connect.

Posting

To send a chat, enter text in the textbox and click post. This will post the task to all connected users. If you wish to attach a component or set of components that you have copied from a blog or another app, click the paste button once. This will attach those components the current message. If you wish to discard the attachment prior to sending the message, click the discard button.

The attached components will show as an attachment to the message. To view the components, click the attachment button.

Sending/Receiving Chat Rooms

If you want to send a chat room to another user so they can join, enter the name and id of the chat in the name textbox and id textbox. Then click the send link. A dialog window will open where you can choose a set of users and to send the room.

To receive the room, click the inbox link. This will open a dialog window where you can select a given room, which will enter its name and id in the respective textboxes, from which you can connect to the room.

Sent rooms are deleted from your inbox after 7 days.

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