If the Lotus Quickr server
administrator of your place has enabled the IBM® Lotus® Sametime® Awareness and Chat capability, you can chat with other place members.
In a chat session, two or more members exchange messages by typing them in
a chat window. As soon as the sender finishes typing a message, it appears
on the receiver's screen. When the receiver replies to the message, the reply
appears below the original message on both screens, so all parties have a
temporary transcript of the chat session. When a member of your place invites
you to join a chat session, you can choose to join or close the chat box.
The Chat feature provides a Members Online capability
that lists all members of the place who are currently online in the place.
In the Members Online window, users can sign into their team's place and open
the window to see if another coworker is available. An available coworker
is listed as Active in the People Online list within the Members Online window,
and the other team members can click on the coworker's name to start a chat.
If a user has her Lotus
Sametime client
open, and is online, she can chat with another team member.
The Awareness feature supports a context-specific functionality
that allows place members to start an online chat with each other when they
spontaneously encounter each other within the context of the content they
have authored. For example, if you are reading a post in the Project Schedule
room, and the author of that post is currently online, you will
notice that a green square icon appears next to their name, indicating that
they are presently online. You can click on the member's name to start a
chat session.
