This is a jQuery UI plugin I wrote as part of a data collection tool for the social network analysis project I've been working on, in which this plugin serves as the front end of a simple Comet chat server. It is a pure UI plugin so you can easily plug it into whatever communication protocol of your choice, some may find this useful.
It works with jQuery 1.4.2 and jQuery UI 1.8.2, which can be get from here.
The plugin is tested on Firefox and Safari. It works on IE too, but with a defaced UI and the missing "close" icon. I will try to fix this issue in the future.
To see an in-page demo, click the following link:
To change the look and feel of the chatbox, try applying different jQuery UI themems.
As other jQuery UI components, this plugin is dual licensed under MIT and GPL v2 licenses. License