Add-on software for use chat logging, for log encryption, for indicating personalized statuses, for renaming contacts, for creating IRC-style commands allowing the user to create keyboard shortcuts with parameters, for use in creating multi-color and formatted text which are used as embedded markers for colored text, bold text, italicized text and underline text allowing the user to format a message the same way he or she would format it in a word editor, for creating a quick emoticons panel which is a window displayed when the user presses a specific keyboard shortcut to allow an image to be inserted in a message, for creating plug ins interface which allow users to create their own features for the program, for creating sign-in and sign-out sounds, for creating sound commands, for use as a contact manager, for boss protection and instant lock, for events logging, for creating quick texts which are short cuts for sending common messages to the users' contacts, for pop mail checking, for previous text recall, for creating special insert tags which are text blocks that are interpreted and replaced before a message is sent allowing users to quickly send information regarding the current discussion on their computer systems without having to copy the information manually, and for use as a scheduler for the field of instant messaging communication