Technical Evaluation Reports 15. Chat and Instant Messaging Systems (synchronous): Report 3/ 3

Technical Evaluation Reports 15. Chat and Instant Messaging Systems (synchronous): Report 3/ 3

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[Previous reviews of chat and IM systems are presented in Reports 6 and 14 in this series.]A further set of four text-based instant messaging (IM) products was evaluated: AT&T Anywhere, Parachat, Sonork, and Yahoo Messenger, all available at no cost.Yahoo Messenger was judged Baby Tee to be the most effective of the three products for use by distance education (DE) teachers and T-Shirt students, being compatible with most common operating systems and accommodating up to 50 chat room participants.

Yahoo Messenger also possesses integrated audio and video capabilities.AT&T Anywhere is an efficient product, which supports Windows-based operating systems only.Parachat (Basic version) is a basic, browser accessed chat board without instant messaging (IM) capabilities.