unchat

Several value-add concepts are married in this nascent application.

split window separation of chat participants

• your train of thought remains visible after large entries by others
• split size maintenance through window resize
• quick identification of other user without consuming screen real estate
• rapid independent local scrolling of each participants messages

asynchronous character at a time chat

• watch what your colleague is typing as they are typing it
• be prepared to respond to inquiries more quickly
• have faster and more complete communication
• support for scientific communication/visualization

wiki markup within the chat

• be able to organize ideas much like mediawiki (wikipedia)
• use graphing, charting, equations, HTML5, and much much more
• swap back and forth between markup and rendering with a single keystroke
• special markup for checklists (progress tracking)

future developments

• more than two participants
• high security methods to maintain privacy, auditability, non-repudiability
• sandboxing of security risks such as external calls to programs