that's interesting. i've never used chat that does this, but i have seen a lot of claims it was a misfeature in google wave back in the day. but still, i coul

that's interesting. i've never used chat that does this, but i have seen a lot of claims it was a misfeature in google wave back in the day. but still, i could see it being ok, more like verbal conversation. i defnly agree w/ the linked article that the middle ground of "<soandso> is typing" is a misfeature. the only possible response to that information is to sit there waiting, which is annoying/pointless. (but nothing beats verbal comms, still. downside of course is that it is "extremely synchronous" and does not archive well.)