 Introduction |
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 On the pages at
the web site to support this project I have
repeatedly stressed the point that for
associations to be able to use the Net for
meetings, a software client must be available for
all common
platforms (Mac, Win95 and Win 3.x).
This is the main problem in all areas of
synchronous communications except for the IRC
environment....until now......
ICQ
has been around for a year (Nov '96 it started)
and now has clients for Mac, 3.x and Win 95. Download
it to get started. It is a great space to
investigate because it is:
- easy to install and be up and running
- easy to learn how to add new users to
your contacts list
- easy to provide help and support for
- the simplest way to firstly, know if
someone is online right now and then,
make contact with immediately for
synchronous communication for chat, URL
transfer, file transfer.
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| Get
ICQ on to your computer. |
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| Download ICQ from http://www.mirabilis.com.
I recommend that you choose the Require My Authorisation
during installation option so that when users ask
to add you to their list of contacts, you will
get a message to authorise them first. That way
you will avoid automatic acceptance of requests
from people you don't know. ICQ will install so
that it will start each time you go online.
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| Add users to your contact list |
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| Your first job will
be to add people to your contact list (see image
above). Click Add
Users and search for each other
by email or name and add them to the contact
list. Add your professional colleagues first.
That way you can build up a list for professional
purposes and be up and running quite quickly. |
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| Play |
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| The most important
thing to do now is play for a while and get used
to the space. You can ask me to join you if you
like. I can walk you through the features of the
environment. You can search for me using my email
address: david@thenetride.com.au. |
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| Issues on the Mac |
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| As at October 29th,
1997, the versions of ICQ available for the Mac
platform are labelled "Preview". We
have found that the CHAT facility is NOT
available in this "preview" version. |
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