Microsoft KB Archive/188450

Microsoft Chat Version 2.5 Available

PSS ID Number: Q188450 Article last modified on 08-20-1998

WINDOWS:2.5

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Chat version 2.5 for Windows 95 Microsoft Chat version 2.5 for Windows NT 4.0 == Microsoft Chat version 2.5 for Windows 98 == 

= SUMMARY =

Microsoft has released Microsoft Chat version 2.5 for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Microsoft Chat 2.5 includes the following new features and improvements:


 * Rules you can use to define a response to events.
 * Notification when your friends log on to the same chat server that you are logged on to.
 * Comic artwork is compressed to reduce the file size of comic characters.
 * IRC and IRCX command support.
 * Status can display chat server information and responses to many IRC and IRCX commands.
 * User List displays the users in a room without entering the room.
 * You can view the history of the messages and commands that you have previously sent, and send a command or message again when you press the UP ARROW key.
 * Improved Play Sound user interface.
 * Plays MIDI or WAV sound files.
 * You can send sounds and actions to specific users with Whisper or IRC commands.
 * You can use macros to send actions, sounds, and predefined messages.

To download Microsoft Chat version 2.5, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/ie/chat

= Additional query words: chat =

Keywords : mschatw95 mschatnt mschatw98 Version : WINDOWS:2.5 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.