mmm good way to spend an eternity waiting for it to load only to be able to send messages to yourself... Are you supposed to have 2 people listed in the "audience" when you log on Alison? i.e. your name appears twice, once as the host and a normal entry?
All this time I've been knocking AOL's Instant Messenger and it's still the easiest to use.. oh well.. as they say, Rome wasn't built to an architect's plan...
Mick