Techno Time

My uncle works in web software development. He is ina team of people that work with the web designer of a website, to add an instant messaging program to it. Websites that he has worked with include myspace and facebook. He really enjoys working in web software development. He gets to access lots ofhighly anticipatedwebsites before they are online, and add instant messaging software to them. His instant messaging programs are used by lots of people for lots of different reasons. They are really popular and are one of the main things that people spend doing online in the world.Teenagers are the biggest users of the instant messaging programs, as they use them to chat to their friends after, before, and during school, college or university. Adults too use the instant messaging software to contact other adults for discuss and arrange important things such as meetings in real time. It is a fast and convenient way of communicating. Messages can be left for people that are offline that will be delivered to them once they are online, and online people can chat to each other in real time. Files can also be sent via instant messaging software. Files that can be sent include music files, photo files, and document files. Instant messaging is very safe, as you are in complete control of how much information the other person knows about you. Some instant messaging programs require your email address, but others such as myspace do not. You can appear online or offline, depending on it you want people to know you are there or not, and you can block people from contacting you if you do not want them to. Part of my uncles job in web software development is making sure that instant messaging programmes are as safe as possible. He has overseen the introduction of the ability to automatically save conversations, incase any need to be used as evidence of abuse. He has also overseen the introduction of a scanning feature on instant messaging programs. This scanning feature automatically scans files that are being sent to you before you download them. It then tells you if they are safe or not, depending on if they have passed their safety check. The web software development company that my uncle works for are currents researching and developing a similar feature that can tell if a link sent is safe to click on or not.