Module 2 - Chat

Well in this task I had to download a chat program, luckily I already have msn and skype so the downloading part was done. But I have to say downloading both programs was easy and painless.

With MSN, your login screen looks like:

Once you have signed in successfully, all you have to do is add your friends contact details and wait for them to come online. The following is a snapshot of what the main window of messenger looks like.

When they are online all you have to do is right click on their name and choose ‘Send an instant message’ and the following screen appears.

You then proceed to start typing in the lower screen in the window, and when you hit the enter key or click on the send button, your message is then added to the top screen in the window. All you do is wait for a reply. You can also add emoticons to enhance your message if you so choose to.

Along the top tool bar on the conversation window, you have a choice of seven (7) other options, they are:

1. Invite someone to this conversation.
2. Share files.
3. Start or stop a video call.
4. Call a contact.
5. See a list of activities.
6. See a list of games.
7. Block this contact from seeing or contacting you.

So that is a very brief lesson on how to generate a conversation using messenger. You may go forth and experiment with the program. May the art form of chat be with you….