- Support for multiple hosts through ip addresses or aliases
- Support for an unlimited number of chat rooms for each host
- Access control to chat rooms through user id and password
- Unlimited (theoretically) number of users per chat room
- Client will run from a web page or as a standalone application
- Dynamically updates lists of people in a room as they enter and leave
- Users can be in multiple chat rooms at the same time
- Logs generated of all chats in all rooms
On the server side, j-Chat has been tested in the following environments:
- OS/2 Warp 4.0, Java 1.1.4
- Windows NT 4.0 Server, ServicePak 3, Java 1.1
On the client side, j-Chat has been tested in the following environments:
- Netscape Navigator 2.02 for OS/2 Warp with Java 1.1.4 support
- Netscape Communicator or Navigator 4.03 with the Java 1.1 Fix
- Internet Explorer 4.0
These are the only tested environments, but j-Chat should work on any
Java 1.1 compatible JVM or JRE.
In v1.0, configuration is done by modifying several text files. A host file
identifies the host names that the system should respond to. For each host,
there is a room file that lists the name of each room along with a boolean flag
to identify whether or not the room is password protected, and for each password
protected room, there is a user id and password file. An administration applet
is planned for future versions of the system.
J&J has provided several chat rooms where users can come to discuss the
chat system and share their ideas with each other and, at times, the j-Chat
developers. If you are interested in j-Chat, you can go to these rooms to view a
demonstration of the system.
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