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Why so silent?Hello, Sametime Design Blog followers! I wanted to let you know that I'm now blogging on the IBM Sametime blog: https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/SametimeBlog/?lang=en_us Please look for new entries there! - Amy
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Did you know... ?A colleague of mine in the documentation group told me that many people are not aware that when using the Sametime Meeting room that launches from the installed Sametime client, you can move the components around on the screen.
Did you know about this already? If not, check this out! 1. First click the title bar of the component you want to move, and drag:  2. Next, release your mouse where you want the component to go -- including outside of the Sametime meeting window if you want to open it in a separate window:  3. To put it back, either drag and drop the title bar of the component again, or click Room Tools - Restore Room Layout.
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Details, details...When you are in a meeting, would it ever be helpful to know what type of client (web, installed, or mobile) a user has joined the meeting with? I'd love to hear some examples of when this might be useful. Thanks in advance for any comments!
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What should happen when someone leaves a multi-way chat?When a participant leaves a meeting room, their name drops off the participant list. The same occurs in a persistent chat room. However, when a participant leaves a multi-way chat, their name stays in the participant list, but becomes italicized and grey, which is how it looks before they enter the chat, as well:
What do you think of this? Should the name drop out of the multi-way chat list as it does in meetings and chat rooms? Do you like seeing the names of people who were in the chat, but have since left? |
Chat history preference settingsHello, Sametime users. I'm curious to know what chat history preference settings you use.
 1. Do you automatically save your chat transcripts? If so, how long do you keep them around? 2. Do you display previous entries from the day (the "Display the saved transcript between two users..." checkbox)? 3. Any comments about these preference settings? Other things you'd like to be able to control?
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Tip for easily pasting your call-in information into chats
A great tip from a couple of my coworkers -- if you need a quick way to easily paste your call-in information in a chat message, create an image file with the information, and set it up as a custom emoticon with a text shortcut (e.g., ":d" for dial-in). Then just type the text shortcut and your call-in information will go right into the chat.  UPDATE -- An even better approach!As Gareth Cook pointed out in his comment below, you can do the same with the "Add Text" button -- enter the call-in information into the text field, and then assign it a shortcut key. |
Favorite Sametime features -- a few comments from IBMersI asked a few of my colleagues to tell me what their favorite Sametime feature was... here's what they said:
How about you? What's your favorite Sametime feature?
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New Sametime 8.5.2 video availableThe Sametime documentation group has just produced a new video. It shows how to set up your IBM Sametime 8.5.2 client for conference
calls that use your
computer's audio and video. It also shows how to start a conference call
from within a
Sametime meeting room and gives an overview of some of the call controls that might be available to you. Using your computer's audio and video capabilities for conference calls is a great feature, so we hope that you find this video helpful. It takes about five minutes to view it. Also, if you watch the video in "full screen", you'll be better able to see the table of contents in the left-hand navigator. |
Using your own sounds for alertsHave you ever wanted to customize the sounds used for your chat (and other) alerts? You can do so with the Notifications preferences:
 Below each preference that has a "play sound" setting, you can choose the sound to use. Or choose a single sound for all notifications, to make your notifications stand out from other people's. Just out of curiosity -- how many of you use sound for Sametime notifications?
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Don't forget to take our Top Tasks survey!
We want your feedback to help us assess the relative importance of
tasks within IBM Sametime. Your input will help us determine what parts of the Sametime UI most need design attention. :-)
Please note: The survey closes this Friday, September 9.
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