Avatar menuSelect one of the avatars you used recently or pick a new one
Date: 03/30/07
The avatar menu allows you to easily change your avatar.
Chat with ICQChat with your ICQ friends
Date: 03/30/07
Using a Jabber ICQ transport, you are able to chat with people on the ICQ network.
Chat windowInstant one-to-one communication
Date: 03/30/07
From within the chat dialog you can invite your contact to a whiteboard session or a Multi-User Chat chatroom. You also can see your contact's avatar on the top right.
Chat with MSNChat with your Windows Live Messenger (MSN) friends
Date: 03/30/07
Using a Jabber Windows Live Messenger transport, you are able to chat with people on the MSN network.
ServicesDiscover the features of a server
Date: 03/30/07
You can discover a Jabber server's features and services. Interacting with transports and other components is also one of the posibilities.
Interact with Jabber foreign instant messaging systems, including ICQ, MSN Messenger and AIM. This usually includes registering accounts.
Via the conference service you may browse the present chat rooms, and the participating users. This service also allows you to create your own chat rooms.
Multi-User ChatChat with multiple people in a similar way as IRC
Date: 03/30/07
Coccinella supports Jabber's Multi-User Chat protocol to chat with multiple people. Using transports, you can also join and create chatroom on other networks like ICQ and IRC. Note that the Multi-User Chat protocol is more powerful than IRC. For example, you can instantly participate in an ongoing discussion thanks to the server-side room history feature.
Message inboxInbox for incoming messages
Date: 03/30/07
Coccinella provides you an inbox for messages, just as any email client does. The messages are stored between sessions, in case you didn't deleted them. Replying and forwarding a message is just as straightforward as in any email client.
Normal messagesSend normal messages to multiple people
Date: 03/30/07
Normal messages are something in between chat messages and email; they are sent instantly to one or more people, while an instant reply is less important for you.
Contact listThe list with your contacts
Date: 03/30/07
You can subscribe to other users' presence, and users subscribe to your presence. If you are connected to a server, all people who subscribed to your presence may see if you are online or offline. It is possible to organize users into different groups. From the roster window you can send messages to individual contacts, including the ones that are offline, start a one-to-one chat, start a whiteboard session, amongst others. Moreover, you can see which of your online contacts support whiteboard and Internet telephony (VoIP) sessions.
ICQ and MSNComparison between Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Coccinella, and ICQ
Date: 03/30/07
Which one do you find the most beautiful?
WhiteboardCollaborate with multiple people using text, images, pictures, MP3 files, drawings and more
Date: 03/30/07
The whiteboard is instantly synchronised between all participants. Yes, you can organise a whiteboard session with more than two people. Just open a whiteboard session to a Multi-User Chat chatroom and all participants will receive an invitation to your whiteboard session.
In-message formsReceive forms in a message
Date: 03/30/07
Coccinella now also supports socalled x:data data forms in messages. This feature can be very useful to organise surveys. For example, a company can send such a form to all its employees to get their feedback about a project.