Tutorials/Chatting with the Chat Activity

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Chat is an example of a shared activity which allows Collaboration over a Jabber Connection

There are many different shared activities in the Sugar-Desktop

It is one of Sugar's Strongest features.

Boot Sugar

The Home (or f3) Screen appears

The Chat icon

is on right side of the Spiral of Activities

You must be connected to the internet for Chat to Collaborate

Start Chat

Click on the Chat Icon

Send Chat Message

Type your message in the bottom field of Chat

Hit return

Here Testing Chat is the message

Note that the User's Avitar name is displayed on the line before the message

In this case Tris5-sugar: Testing Chat

This becomes useful if several other users join the chat

Use emoticons in your chat

Click on the "happy face" icon on the top bar

A drop Down menu appears and you can click on any of the emoticons on it

hit return

the emoticon is added to your message

Share your Chat Session

Click on the 0 with a dot inside icon on the top bar
Click in the drop down menu

You are now collaborating in a shared session

Your Shared Chat will show an Icon on the f1 Neighborhood.

Other users can join your chat from there.

Joining a Shared Chat Session

This is an example of joining another users shared chat

Click in the frame or Hit F1 key and you switch to the Neighborhood View.
Move mouse pointer to center of window to retract the frame.
Join another users shared Chat

Hover the mouse cursor over the Chat icon

Click Join on the drop down menu

You are Chatting (Collaborating) in the other user's Chat

You can see your messages (yellow) and Other user's messages in (blue)

Other's user's color will match the colors of their XO Avitar

It will not always be blue.

Move the mouse cursor to the right corner of the field

Wait until the frame extends

This screen-shot is from a new shared Chat session involving:

ACER ASPIRE ONE N450 10"netbook - Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD
XO-1 OLPC running os508dx - latest version of Dextrose 2

Icon for running Chat is displayed on the top bar of the frame
Avitars of the 2 connected users are displayed on the right edge of the frame

Drop Down Menu for the user: - same as shown on the Home (or F3) Drop Down menu (not shown)
Drop Down Menu for the User sharing Chat - Remove Friend (shown)

Stop Chat

click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, in the right top bar

"Stop Ctrl+Q" appears in drop down menu

Click on it
You return to the Home (or f3) screen