6. A system comprising: a network input/output interface to receive data including chat room data from a chat room server; a user input interface to receive input data from at least one input device; a graphics processing unit to prepare a user interface screen for output to a display device, the user interface screen including a chat room list including a plurality of chat room panels, each one chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels including information about a different chat room from a plurality of chat rooms; a chat room icon of the different chat room; and a title of the different chat room, wherein a first chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels includes an indication of how many chat room members of a first chat room from the plurality of chat rooms have read a first message posted in the first chat room; and a central processing unit to: receive the input data from the user input interface; and interpret the input data to include selecting entry to, and posting the first message in, the first chat room, wherein the network input/output interface is operative to send the first message to the chat room server.
6. A system comprising: a network input/output interface to receive data including chat room data from a chat room server; a user input interface to receive input data from at least one input device; a graphics processing unit to prepare a user interface screen for output to a display device, the user interface screen including a chat room list including a plurality of chat room panels, each one chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels including information about a different chat room from a plurality of chat rooms; a chat room icon of the different chat room; and a title of the different chat room, wherein a first chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels includes an indication of how many chat room members of a first chat room from the plurality of chat rooms have read a first message posted in the first chat room; and a central processing unit to: receive the input data from the user input interface; and interpret the input data to include selecting entry to, and posting the first message in, the first chat room, wherein the network input/output interface is operative to send the first message to the chat room server. 11. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the network input/output interface is operative to receive, from the chat room server, data indicating how many chat room members of the first chat room have read the first message posted in the first chat room.