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away on the screen. So if you and a 4.
friend or relative are both Online,
The first step in using IM is to
you can “chat” away while using
download a piece of software from
your Computer for other tasks.
one of the vvebsites that offer the
1. Service. If you already have íriends
who use IM, íĩnd out which program
Instant messaging - or IM - is more they have. It’s free, doesn’t take long
immediate than e-mail as you don’t to download and the only costs you
have to check your inbox for new face are the Standard call charges
messages - they appear instantly.
while you’re Online.
Another advantage is that more
than two people at a time can join in 5.
an IM conversation, so it’s ideal for,
Once you’ve installed this software
say, making social arrangements
and connected to the Internet you
among a group of friends.
can start exchanging m essages with
2. your Iriends Online. Each User of the
Service has their own User name. If
Comm unication hy IM isn ’t
you ílnd out the User nam es of
restricted to text. You can send
people you know, you can create a
pictures stored on your Computer,
Iriends list. Then, when you go
and if you have m icrophones and
Online, the software tells you which
speakers you can talk - the
of them are also connected to the
advantage being that internet
Internet, and you can send them a
connection charges are usually
message.
cheaper than phone calls. If you and
a friend have vvebcams. you can also 6.
make a video call, in which you can
The leatures on offer vary depending
see as well as hear each other.
on which Service you opt for,
3. although there is not much
difference between instant
John Moran, 13, from Southport
m essenger packages. As well as
uses instant messaging to keep in
allowing you to use m icrophones and
touch with relatives on the other
vvebcams, m ost give you a range of
side of the world. “When I go Online
options regarding your status. You
I swap messages with my cousins in
can usually appear as “online”,
Australia,” says John. “It’s much
“busy” or “away from PC”. The
cheaper than phoning them and
“busy” status is useful if you’re
means I can speak to them more
Online but don’t want to be
often.” Carol Taylor, 24, who lives in
disturbed. The “away from PC”
Argentina, agrees. “My parents live
status is usually used hy those who
in the UK, and we prefer using an
are perm anently Online (people who
instant messenger to sending e-mails
have broadband or an office
or text messages as it’s more like a
connection) but aren’t always at
real conversation,” she says. “I’d
their Computer.
rather chat Online than call them as
it costs so much less.”
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