CU-SeeMe™ is copyrighted by Cornell University (Cornell Research Foundation). CU-SeeMe™ can be obtained from Cornell University via their web page, http://cu-seeme.cornell.edu, or via FTP at cu-seeme.cornell.edu. Cornell University shall not be held liable for any liability with respect to any claim by the user or any other party arising from the use of the GeekTalk plug-in in association with the CU-SeeMe software.
GeekTalk is copyrighted freeware software. You should not use the software until you have read the document called “License Agreement”. By running the software you signify that you agree to the terms of the License Agreement.
Overview:
GeekTalk is a replacement for the standard CU-SeeMe™ chat window. GeekTalk contains the same capabilities as the standard chat window, but adds the following additional features:
1) Window font/size/style/colors can be customized
2) Uses the WASTE text engine to allow large text buffers limited by available memory. GeekTalk will continue to work correctly even when the buffersize is exceeded.
3) Talk sessions can be logged to disk
4) The text input area can be on the top or bottom of the window
5) The divider between the input and scrolling areas of the window can be moved
6) The zoom button is supported
7) The Talk Window can be set to open automatically, when CU-SeeMe is launched.
8) Filters are supported
9) User setups. You can specify on a per-user basis, font style, color, size
10) You can choose to ignore empty messages.
11) Private sending (to a specific individual)
12) Speech Manager support for speaking text
13) You can specify a background color for input and scroll areas
14) Native for PowerPC
15) Support for Macintosh Drag & Drop
16) User Details window, showing information about each user's chat status
17) Message numbering
18) Find/Find Again
Requirements
GeekTalk requires the Macintosh™ version of CU-SeeMe™ from Cornell University. GeekTalk works with the current version 0.85b1, and also the previous versions such as 0.83b3.
Version 0.85b1 is highly recommended for use with GeekTalk. There were some limitations in version 0.83b3 relating to the plug-in support that have been addressed with 0.85b1.
Installing
(1) If CU-SeeMe™ is currently running, choose Quit from the file menu.
(2) Place the file "GeekTalk" in the same folder as the CU-SeeMe™ application.
(3) Launch the CU-SeeMe™ application by double clicking on the appliation icon. When it starts up, if the "Chat Window" opens automatically, close this window. If is very important that you close this window, otherwise GeekTalk will not function correctly.
(4) Choose "Show Talk Window" from the "GeekTalk" menu. Operation from this point on is similar to that of the standard chat window. For complete details, see the online documentation for GeekTalk.
Documentation and Support
Documentation and support can be found on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.spiderisland.com/~chris/geektalk/
Questions, bugs, and feature requests can be sent to chris@spiderisland.com.
