Blackjack, what I do is enter chat & move the box over to the right. Then, you can open a new window with the Bulletin board shifted slightly to the left, and cruise the boards. Anybody shows up in chat, their name pops up where you can see part of it. You click on the chat window and bingo, talk away. One warning: sometimes if you try to close the board window first, it logs you off completely... then it looks like you fled the new chatter. Ouch.