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| | 60 | Examples of existing chat facilities, pointing out features that may be desirable or difficult to mimic: |
| | 61 | |
| | 62 | * IRC |
| | 63 | |
| | 64 | * Skype |
| | 65 | * Shows when someone is typing, which permits "conversation pacing" -- holding off to allow the other to post, or to see what they're about to say, and to not "speak over" an in-progress conversation. This is necessarily not easy to implement. |
| | 66 | * History is available, and can be disclosed to new users entering the chat. |
| | 67 | * Shows the user the messages they missed when they sign on -- this could be a very desirable feature. |
| | 68 | |
| | 69 | * GChat, Facebook Chat (meaning the user-to-user real-time chat, not email threads or the FB timeline). |
| | 70 | |
| | 71 | * Comments sections of web sites |
| | 72 | * The main feature of interest here is threading -- is it of use to allow people to designate their post as a reply to another post? This might help alleviate the "speaking over another convo" issue. Might help with conducting meetings. |
| | 73 | * Comments are usually not posted in realtime, so that's not the aspect being made an example of here. |
| | 74 | |
| | 75 | * Atlassian HipChat |
| | 76 | * This may be the closest parallel to Eden-hosted chat, as it is specifically intended and designed for work teams. |
