You will need only a 1.1 or later JVM (Java Virtual Machine) on the server and you can be up and running in minutes. The README in the demo's distribution will get you going with the demo -- the licensed product has more formal documentation.

The demo has all features enabled but is restricted to 3 rooms, 5 concurrent chatters per room and will run for @ 30 days or 40 server starts.


havChat 3.0x Chat Applet Online Demos:

You are invited to try some online demos of the havChat applets below. These will all take you to our demo room which is usually monitored by a staffer to answer any questions you might have. The demos linked from this page will automatically select either the .jar or .cab chat applet files based on the browser being used.

• 3.0 Full Featured Applet - The full featured applet includes support for the Whiteboard - To see the whiteboard, log into the Full Featured chat demo and enter the command..."/pic new tree2.jpg" (without the quotes). The chat applet's HELP button provides additional info on the %pic command and lists several other pictures avaliable in the demo.
  
  Though most of these demos provide a "FLOAT" button on the applets, you can also try a little javascript popup windowed presentation HERE -- and you can try the applet which uses the TextArea display as well.

• 3.0 "Lite" Applet - The "Lite" applet is the same as the Full Featured applet but without the whiteboard support. The Lite chat applets also do not include Admin, Moderator or Local logging functions -- but they can be used by Guest Speakers, transient speakers and others in a moderated room. You can also try a little javascript popup windowed presentation HERE -- and you can try the applet which uses the TextArea display as well.
  
  
• Alternate Presentations: The remaining demos use one of the main havChat applets but with the presentation altered in some way using various applet parameters.
  
  
  • 3.0 Call Center Demo - The Call Center demo applet represents what you might present to the general public in a call center or customer support chat use - and is provided as a demonstration of hiding certain applet fields (in this case, the USER list is hidden).

  • 3.0 "Invisible" Applet - is provided to demonstrate how one could use the auto-float feature to have a page (or frame) which has an alternate applet spec which cause the applet to pop open in a floated state. This demo auto-floats the applet on page load, but other control mechanisms (like auto-float on login) are also available.

  • 3.0 "Tiny Applet" - provides a (probably ridiculously) small applet presentation simply as a demo of how small the applet can be when in a page.