Live Chat

Live Chat is a software tool whose goal is to help you communicate with other people connected to the same LAN, and also comes with audio and video support.

After going through an uneventful and quick installation process, you come by a simple and pretty familiar interface, as it resembles most instant messaging products. It encloses a menu bar, several shortcut buttons and various panels, so that you can view other people logged on, the conversation taking place and a text box.

It becomes clear that all user types can find their way around it, regardless of their level of experience. Comprehensive Help contents are provided, so that even beginners can use Live Chat at its full potential.

This software tool enables you to change your status, as well as upload an avatar with the help of the built-in file browser, in GIF or JPG formats, establish sound alerts and input personal information, such as gender, birthday, city and description.

It has video and audio support for chats, and you can easily test them, and customize the bit rate, maximum size of transfer, of thumbnail and delay time. You can add an unlimited number of chats, as well as save conversations to the hard drive, in HTML or RTF formats.

CPU and memory usage is minimal, which means that the system’s resources are not going to be hindered, and you can run this program alongside others, without having to worry about the way the PC works.

To sum up, Live Chat is a pretty decent piece of software for people interested in talking with others from their LAN. It has a good response time, extensive Help contents and a user-friendly environment. Nonetheless, it is in dire need of an update.