| FEATURE |
DESCRIPTION |
| Multiple Languages |
Use Chatterbox™ in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, or Danish. Languages are machine translations, with the exception of
German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, and Chinese which have been partially-to-mostly translated by hand with the remaining phrases machine-translated. You can translate to any language, and customize every piece of English text. You do the translation and we will install it for free. |
| Moderated Chat Rooms |
Chat rooms can be optionally moderated (a moderator must accept messages before anyone can see them) and/or private (restricted to specified users) |
| Moderated Discussion Lists |
Discussion lists (groups, forums) can be optionally moderated (a moderator must accept messages before anyone can see them) and/or private (restricted to specified users) |
| 2 Ways to Use |
You have the choice of using Chatterbox™ with your web browser or a downloaded Windows client (desktop chat box). |
| Reliable Message Delivery and Online Status |
Many instant message systems have unreliable message delivery, where their aim is to just deliver the message most of the time. Chatterbox™ messages never go missing. They will not disappear from the sender's screen until it has been successfully delivered to all recipients, which is usually takes just a fraction of a second. |
| Send Instant Messages to Groups of Users |
At message sending time, you can choose to send to all users, just online users, just idle users, just offline users, or any combination of these. |
| Private Conversations |
Users can see text as the other user is typing it - even with the web browser. |
| Firewall Support |
Both the Windows client and the web browser interface can be used from behind any firewall or proxy server that allows web browser only access. |
| Automatic Login to ICQ, MSN, AOL, and Yahoo! Accounts |
Automatically login to your existing ICQ, MSN, AOL, or Yahoo! account whenever you are using Chatterbox™ and communicate with and see when contacts on those messengers are online. Even web browser users or users behind firewalls that would normally be unable to access to these messengers can still use them via Chatterbox™. |
| Secure Communications |
SSL encryption of all server to client communication. |
| Message Encryption |
Optional public key encryption of instant messages, so that even the server administrator or anyone who guesses your login password can't see the contents of messages being sent. |
| Required Authentication |
Users must be authenticated to send messages so that messages cannot be faked as coming from someone else. |
| Digital Signatures |
Optional digital signing of instant messages, so that the recipient knows the message really came from the sender. Neither the server administrator nor someone who guesses the sender's login password can fake being someone else using digital signatures. |
| Full Account Access From Any Internet-Connected Computer |
All messages, preferences, and contacts are stored on the Chatterbox™ server, so you can fully access your Chatterbox™ account (including message history) from any computer you connect from. |
| Encrypted Chat Rooms |
Optionally flag chat rooms as encrypted. This means anything said in that chat room is automatically encrypted by the sender so that only those people listed in the 'users present' list can read the message. Messages are also digitally signed to prevent users pretending to be someone else. When leaving a chat room, the user's client automatically generates an encrypted transcript that only they can read. |
| Discussion List Rating System |
Optional rating system for discussion lists (groups, forums). Users can assign a rating (from 1 to 5) to each article they read. Users can also filter to only display articles with average ratings above a particular value. |
| Check for Email |
Check your existing email account for new messages. Either just be notified, or receive the entire email message within the Chatterbox™ interface. |
| Send Message to Email |
Send messages to email accounts from within the Chatterbox™ interface. |
| Send Text Messages to Mobile Phones |
Users can send Chatterbox™ text messages to mobile phones. |
| Online/Offline Notifications |
Be notified when particular friends/contacts come online or go offline. |
| Send Files to Friends |
Right click on files in Windows Explorer and select the Chatterbox™ option to send them to friends. |
| Who's Online Window |
An optional stay on top (or docked to side of desktop) window that displays friends so you can always see who is online. |
| Unique Sending Options |
Send instant messages from the command line prompt or script files. |
| Comprehensive Search Features |
Quick and easy to use search features are built in to the interface in many locations. For example, you can search for particular words in old instant messages, find users, find discussion groups, find chat rooms, find instant messaging user groups, find particular members of groups, find a particular preference, and more |
| NNTP News Group Server |
Chatterbox™ can act as an NNTP news group server. Link discussion lists (groups, forums) to existing NNTP news groups on other servers, or make your own discussion lists visible to the NNTP protocol. |
| Use Chatterbox™ to Provide Online Customer Support |
Use Chatterbox™ to provide online support to your customers. You can set up Chatterbox™ to provide links in your existing web pages that change depending upon whether or not you are online. Clicking the link opens a private conversation window with your support staff in their Chatterbox™ Windows client. Alternatively, the Window can automatically pop up when the user visits your web page, and you are only notified if/when the user starts typing a question to you. |
| Message Notification Options |
There are a variety of options on how to be notified when new messages arrive. Either immediately popup the Window, a flashing system tray icon, a small popup window above the system clock, or a very noticeable ripple pattern in the corner of the screen. Or any combination of these. |
| Customizable User Interface |
There are many user preferences available to change the layout of the interface to best suit the way in which you use Chatterbox™. |
| Hide or Move Inactive Friends |
Option to automatically hide (or move to a separate sub-menu) friends/contacts that have not been contacted recently so that you only see the status of friends/contacts you usually communicate with. This feature is very useful when you have hundreds of users on your friends/contacts list. |
| Automatic Trash Disposal |
Option to automatically delete/move to trash old messages after x days. Another option to automatically delete messages from trash after x days. |
| Online Status of Friends Continually Displays |
See the online status of friends while reading a receiving message or composing a reply. If the friend becomes idle, then their idle time (e.g. 1 minute and 33 seconds ago) is continually updated while they are idle. |
| Forward Messages to Email |
Option to forward received message to an email address (or mobile phone) while you are offline. This can optionally be applied to high priority messages only. |
| LOTS MORE |
Lots more features you will discover when you start using Chatterbox™! |
CHATTERBOX™ INSTANT MESSENGER