Chatting from iNotes
Now that you've logged into Sametime, you may notice that your contacts are showing their Sametime status in the iNotes inbox. Do you want to start a chat with one of them? You've got several methods for doing just that.
The first option you have is to right-click on an e-mail that shows online awareness for a contact. When you do so, a drop-down menu appears as shown in the following screenshot:
Select the Chat with... option. Once you do that, a new chat window will appear. From the same menu you can also select Add to Sametime Contact List. This allows you to add the person to your Sametime Contact list. Remember, this list is stored on the server, so if you use Sametime elsewhere your contacts will follow you!
Another option to start a chat is by choosing the Sametime conversation icon in the iNotes toolbar and selecting Chat with from the pull-down dialog box. This same dialog also allows you to Add to the Sametime Contact List... or Show Sametime Contact List.
When you begin a chat a new chat window pops up. Be sure that your browser has been configured to support pop-up browser windows, or the chat window may end up being blocked. The window will look something like this:
As you see, the chat window in iNotes doesn't look quite the same as the chat window in the Sametime Connect or Sametime Embedded client. One important item to note is that the chat window doesn't have the same toolbar that you've been used to seeing. It does however show the encrypted icon, so the chat conversation is encrypted. The rich text features that you are used to seeing in the Sametime Embedded client and the Sametime Connect client aren't available either. So you can't change fonts or include graphic items. You can invite others to the chat, so you can hold a group chat. However, you cannot hold a voice or video chat through Sametime iNotes. If your colleagues send you emoticons they will be converted to the text versions of the standard emoticon set. Because you're working in a browser environment, it is probably a good idea to keep your conversations short and to the point, as you don't want to time out of your browser session. If this happens frequently, check with your Domino and Sametime administrators.
If screen sharing and whiteboarding are configured for your Sametime server you'll see the Add Tools button. Clicking the Add Tools button allows you to start a screen sharing or a whiteboarding session in your browser.
If you select either of those options, you will be taken to a new web page that allows you to share your web browser screen or access the whiteboard function in the Sametime Meeting Room.