Snooggie - a new instant messaging site for communities

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Snooggie is web-based instant messaging with a focus on virtual communities. The user experience is like using instant messaging applications such as MSN Messenger or ICQ but it differs from it in the following aspects:

1. Snooggie runs in browser windows using only HTML, javascript and AJAX on the client side so there is no installation/downloads needed (no activeX,java applets or flash).
2. None of the content/messages are logged anyware on the system so once the comversation has ended there is no record of it.
3. The registration is anonymous for the community owner and there is no need to supply any personal info such as email address. For chatters which are not community owners, no registration is needed at all -- its totally anonymous.
4. The focus here is on community communication in contrast to messenger or ICQ which is a personal contact list application. in Snooggie anyone who enters the community via URL or via the site is automatically added to the currently onlne chatters list

Snooggie differs from chat applications (rooms) it in the following aspects:

1. No registration is needed for the users. The community owner registration is very simple with no validations or email checks.
2. Snooggie is not embeded in any site and uses popups just like instant messaging application, This allows you to use snooggie in a blog or in a site by just placing the URL of the community.
3. Snooggie is a private 1-to-1 communication between the people of that community.
4. In Snooggie windows will pop on incoming messages so you can have it minimized (also an option to have a sound alert on incoming messages.
5. The user experience allows you to use this community instant message in various ways. For example, you may want to chat with people who supply "talkbacks" so you may create a community for that page and chat with anyone regarding the content of the page without having to leave the page.
6. Chats are restricted to predefined chat rooms while Snooggie lets the users experience totaly private communities.
7. In the near future Snooggie will allow you to customize its appearance giving the user a full Web 2.0 capabilities
8. Snooggie does not limit the number of communities a user can open

http://www.snooggie.com