The chat runs on a Windows-style desktop. The whole chat surface — conversations, tabs, messages, user list and input — lives in one window over a taskbar, and the familiar menu bar and status bar sit above the desktop.
The Chat Window
- Pinned — The chat window cannot be closed; it only minimizes or restores.
- Maximized by default — On first visit the chat fills the desktop. The restore button (or double-clicking the title bar) brings it back to a floating window you can drag by the title bar and resize from any edge or corner.
- Minimize — Sends the chat to its taskbar button; click the button to bring it back.
Taskbar
- Every open window gets a taskbar button. Clicking a button focuses or restores its window; clicking the focused window's button minimizes it.
- Right-click a taskbar button for window commands (Restore, Minimize, Maximize, Close), or right-click an empty spot on the taskbar to arrange every open window at once: Cascade, Tile Horizontally or Vertically, and Minimize All.
- The tray at the right end of the taskbar shows a clock.
Start Menu
The Start button opens a menu mirroring the menu bar, grouped into Tools, View, Admin (administrators only) and Help. Both paths do the same thing — use whichever is closer.
On a Phone
On a narrow screen the desktop shows one window at a time: the current window fills the screen like a phone app. The menu bar, Start button and taskbar stay put — tap a taskbar button to switch between your open windows. Windows can't be dragged, resized, minimized or maximized here; you just open, switch and close them. Dialogs and forms fill the screen too, so they always fit.
Layout Persistence
The window layout — position, size, maximized state — is saved in your browser and restored on the next visit.
