Slate Visual Instant Messenger™

Get your tablets ready and mouses (mice?) engaged. Slate VIM lets uses take communication from the keyboard to the tablet. Typing, handwriting, drawing are all valid forms of expression. 

To access VIM users must go to a host Website. Therein users may create VIM communities – globally dispersed family groups, local high school clubs, college sororities, or public chat rooms. VIM hosts decide who to invite into their communities. Buddy lists include all community users. And much like a group board, VIM requires registration and identification.

Current IM providers may integrate Slate's digital ink to give their users drawing, sketching, and handwriting functionality. 

Babel VIM

VIM supports expressions in all languages. Here we have two friends writing in Tamil. What is Tamil you may ask? Tamil Nadu is the southern most state of India, capital city Madras. While Vaskar lives in Madras, his friend Subidita lives in Virginia. But since VIM is Web-based all they required to visually instant message was access to the Internet.

VIMMING for Fun  

Tim, Garth, Sara, Bob, and Jon athan created a VIM community just for fun. One day while VIMMING, Tim asked Garth and his family over for a barbeque. They typed, wrote, illustrated, and doodled, smiling all the while at their respective creativity.

Desktop Requirements

• IE 5.0 or Netscape 6.0
• Java JDK 1.0.2 or later (usually already installed on the desktop)