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W1F Messenger - Help
Introduction
W1F Messenger is a web based instant messenger (IM) just like AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger or ICQ. This means you can manage your contacts and chat with other users directly. Unlike other IMs you can use this with your web browser without having to install any additional software at all. For a list of supported browsers see below. Your contact list is stored on the server. This means that you have access to your contact list from almost any computer as long as you've got access to the internet.
Supported Browsers
Supported browsers and plattforms:Windows XP/2000/ME/98/95:
- MS Internet Explorer since version 5.0
- Netscape version 6 & 7
- Mozilla (stable) since version 1.0.2
Mac OS X:
- Mozilla (stable) since version 1.0.2
- Camino 0.7
- Support for safari coming soon...
Linux:
- Mozilla (stable) since version 1.0.2
Your Contact List
The contact list holds entries for each user you have added. By right clicking on such an item you get a context menu as shown in the screenshot to the left:
- Send Message: Opens the message dialog for this user
- Start Chat: Opens a chat window for this user
- Edit User: Opens the edit dialog for this user where you can set his nickname and change the groups he/she belongs to
- Show Info: Show the user's profile
- History: Opens the message history for this user
- Resubscribe: Opens a subscription request for this user
- Remove: Removes this user from your contact list (completely) and revokes your authentication for him/her (if any)
Online Status Indicators
- User is online
- User is willing to chat
- User is away
- User is not available
- User don't wants to be disturbed
- User is offline
- User is invisible
- User hasn't authenticated youChange your own online setting by choosing a state from the select box at the bottom of your contact list. For some states you can set a custom status message which is displayed to other users. If you choose "invisible" you appear to be offline to other users.
Adding an User to your Contact List
Add an user by clicking onAfter having sent this subscription request the user is added to your contact list and an edit user dialog pops up where you can set your custom nickname for this user and add him/her to one or more groups in your contact list.
You can create a new user group by entering a new name for "Group" at the "Available Groups" box followed by clicking on ">". Remove a user from a group by clicking on "<". A group is deleted from your contact list if there is no user left for this group.
Customizing (Your Preferences)
Open the preferences dialog by clicking on- Hide offline users
Hides users who are not online from your contact list. - Automatically open messages and chats
If selected each time you get a message from an other user the corresponding dialog pops up automatically. - Auto-Pop-Up if away
Whether to pop up messages although your status is not "available" or "chat" - Play sounds
If selected short jingles will play for certain actions like incoming messages or users going on- or offline. - Raise window if a new message is received
This will cause your contact list or your chat dialog to be raised over all other open windows if a new message arrives - Display timestamps in one-to-one chats
Will display the time when a message arrived right to the users name in the chat dialog
