STEP NINE (What Your Buddy Sees)

At the same time, a tiny window will pop up on your buddy's screen indicating there's a chat message waiting. (For example, if I were inviting you to a chat, it would say "Chat with Scott Kelby.") When your buddy clicks anywhere on the window (that is, if they're using iChat too), it expands into an instant chat window with buttons from which your buddy can choose: (1) Decline: This simply makes your message disappear from their screen without any explanation required, meaning they simply aren't going to respond to you. (2) Block: They'll only choose this if they're mad at you, because this blocks you from ever inviting them to chat again. This was designed for iStalkers. (3) Accept: If your buddy chooses to accept your invitation, they can type something in their text field, press the Return key, and reply back to you (and you'll see their responses on the left side of your chat window).