Below are some of the advantages ChitChat! has to offer over the standard UNIX talk:

• Multiple Party Conferencing... Like ytalk on UNIX, multiple parties can converse simultaneously. Standard UNIX talk only supports one on one conversations.
• Respond at a press of a button... With UNIX talk programs, when one receives a call, they have to type "talk user@bla.bla.bla" to respond to the call. With ChitChat!, all you have to do is click "Talk".
• Save a Session... ChitChat! allows you to easily save a conversation to a file.
• Personal Options... With ChitChat!, you can define a sound to play when someone calls. You can also change the font and color of your window. If the other party is also using ChitChat!, the font and color of your talk window on the other party's computer will be synchronized to your settings.
• Caller History... ChitChat! maintains a list of users who called you, or you called so that you can quickly call them back.
• Speed Dial... The speed dial allows you to define groups of parties. With a click, ChitChat! can either establish a conference among everyone in the group, or just a given individual.
• Tool Tips and Descriptions... Unlike the cryptic UNIX, ChitChat! offers tool tips, descriptive text, and toolbars to aid you in its usage.
• Web Dial... If you have a space where you can put up your own web pages, and it is accessible via FTP, ChitChat! can also automatically upload a page containing your current computer location to it. This is useful if you have a dynamic IP address which changes often. Other talk users can use a browser to look at the page. ChitChat! users can type the URL to the page directly into the "user@address" box to call you.