Applications

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Trade, Grid, Media, Games, Doodle, Live, xavi, Stick, Music and Canvas are all applications found on tabs on the left of chat group pages. To view all the applications, click on Apps.svg from the menu. They can be activated and used while chatting with your friends. This guide will help you get started with applications.

Trading

To open the xat Trade Engine, click on Trade.svg or select "Trade" from the apps tab. Alternatively, type "Trade" in the chat and click on it. You can use the trade engine to trade subscriber days, xats, and/or powers amongst users. For more information on trade, please see the Trading article.

Grid

This application has not yet been implemented on the HTML5 version of xat. The grid allows you to view the pictures of all users who are not using a xat default picture or smiley. Once you open the grid, clicking on their picture will bring you to their xatspace. By hovering over their picture and then clicking their name, you will see their user details on the chat.

Media

Media side-app player

The media application Media.svg allows you to watch YouTube videos while you chat. In your Account Settings, you can select whether you want to use the pop-up viewer or the side-app player. If the side-app player is selected, you can view YouTube videos on the media app. There are several app options:

  • Add Video: Here you can add videos to the queue by a YouTube link. Once you add a video, it will be shown in the thumbnail list below.
  • Thumbnails: They represent the videos added to the videos queue and the video links sent through the chat group by users (including you). If you click them they will play the video and will clear the videos queue.
  • Broadcast: If you hover over a video in your queue, a right arrows icon will appear. By clicking on the icon, it will broadcast the video to all users with the media side-app player open.
  • Lock Broadcasts: This will prevent you from receiving broadcasts. If a user broadcasts a video, it won't be played in your player.

Games

Play games with friends on xat! Games include Chess, Darts, Doodlerace, Four in a row, Hearts, Matchrace, Pool, Shoot, Snakerace, Spacewar, Switch and Zwhack. Only Four in a Row Fourinarow.svg, Chess Chessgame.svg and Snakerace Snakerace.svg applications have been implemented on the HTML5 version of xat so far.

Doodle

This application has not yet been implemented on the HTML5 version of xat. Using Doodle, you can draw with everyone in the chat who is also using Doodle. If you Private Chat people you can draw with them alone.

You can also import images from Photobucket into Doodle with the Dood power.

Live

This application has not yet been implemented on the HTML5 version of xat. The Live panel lets you manage messages sent while your chat is on Live mode. For more information on this, please refer to the Live article.

Power Applications

Power applications are applications that allow you to create smiley codes for specific powers. For example, AppBot, xavi, Stick and Music which have their own application for further customization.