You can now once again, finally, use the instant message and video communicator systems between online members from their user profile. Directly under the name in a user profile you will see:

• Instant Message or Video Chat with (username)

Which ever you click will open the window at the other users end for authorization to chat or they will reject your chat request depending on their situation. Though every person is given the option to accept or reject.

Instant Message is purely text.

Video Communicator is both text and video/audio streaming feed.

You can only access these from a the users profile, and the user must be online.

Whilst the bottom of the forum may say the user is online, the chat script is actually faster, instant actually, whether the user is online or not. So whilst you may see their name at the bottom of the forum due to slower cookie based session method, if you do not see the option to IM or video chat with the user below their name in their profile, then they have closed the forum window in their browser.

Some users may not be able to access this feature as they are in moderation or not chat authorized.