The Peekko Toolbar sits conveniently near the top of your main browser window and allows you to control Peekko's features as well as navigate the Peekko chat room, which displays at the very bottom of your browser window.
At the left hand side of the toolbar you will find the Join button. If connected to the chat server, this button will join the current chat channel. Directly to the right of the button is the status pane, which displays the name of the room/channel of the site you are currently visiting. In the screenshot example below, the user is viewing Google.com in their browser. In the status pane, you will see that there are currently 4 Peekko users chatting on the Google channel as well as 39 Peekko users currently browsing Google.com.
When you direct your browser to another site, such as About.com, this status pane's info will change to reflect that of the new site you are on. However, this does not change the chat channel that you are in. So, if you decided to join the Google chat channel (by clicking the Join button) prior to navigating to About.com, you will still be in the Google chat although you are browsing a different site. To join the new site's chat channel, simply click Join again.
Directly to the right of the status pane you will find more options...
- Update: Clicking this button will refresh the information in the status pane.
- Hide/Show: Clicking this button will either hide or unhide the Peekko Chat window (displayed at the bottom of your browser window).
- Connect/Disconnect: Clicking this button will either connect or disconnect you from the Peekko chat server (irc.peekko.com, Port 6697). While you are disconnected from Peekko's server you cannot join any chat channels and the Join button will be greyed out.
- Most Popular: This choice, cirlced below, lists the most popular chat channels at the moment.
