Other client interface features included Who's Online, a list of currently connected users that allows you to click on a name to obtain user profile information and or the ability to click GoTo to meet the user in his or her current room. We could also create private rooms or edit our user profile. In addition we could send and open URLs , send messages, files, and sounds, and ask questions to the speaker in a moderated event. During moderated events we found that speakers could load Web pages into a window onto chat users' screens while they continued to chat, which is a great way to display a presentation. Rooms does not include any conferencing or BBS capabilities.
Rooms has the nicest administration tools in regard to log file display.
There were an abundance of log files to track user activity and server statistics, and we could even view chat room content. This was a welcome change compared to some of the other packages that required a separate text editor or log file analysis program. The documentation was extremely helpful in getting our Rooms server up and running. It consisted of a Quick Start Guide, a Server Guide, a Client Guide, and a handy laminated Event Planning Checklist. ZDNet and ZDNet logo are registered trademarks of ZD Inc. Content originally published in Ziff Davis Media publications is the copyrighted property of Ziff Davis Media.