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The Palace (or Palace Chat, Chat Palace, Palace) is a computer program to access graphical chat room servers, called ''palaces'', in which users may interact with one another using graphical avatars overlaid on a graphical backdrop. The software concept was originally created by (Jim Bumgardner ), and produced by Time Warner Interactive, in 1994, and was first opened to the public in November 1995. While there is no longer any official support for the program, many Palace-based chat servers still exist on the Internet. Palace clients and servers are available for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Linux, and Microsoft Windows. There is one major, unofficial community-based web site that still supports The Palace today: PalacePlanet; now, the other major unofficial portal, PalaceTools.com, has been permanently closed. PalaceTools used to be mostly a live Palace directory site with some links to additional resources. PalacePlanet〔(- Palaceplanet )〕 has an active community forum, online manuals, a new user-based directory and a tutorial section for new users. ==Concept and Design== The Palace has a flexible avatar system that allows users to combine small, partially transparent images to create a unique look for themselves. Once the member has created an avatar to represent herself or himself, the member can pick up various pieces of clothing or other items, such as hats, handbags, cans of soda, candy bars, bicycles, or hand tools. The Dollz that can be seen in many places around the Internet today originated in The Palace. By default, users are represented by spherical smiley face emoticons, but can also wear bitmaps called ''props''. User messages appear as chat bubbles above their avatar, similar to those seen in comic books. Each room in a palace is represented by a large image that serves as a backdrop for the users. By clicking on certain areas in a room called ''doors'', users can travel either to different rooms in the same palace, another palace server, or even an address leading to a different service, such as Web sites and e-mail. In some rooms, users are allowed to paint on the backdrop using a simple suite of drawing tools similar to oekaki. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Palace (computer program)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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