System and method for synchronized authoring and access of chat and graphics

A method for communicating in an online electronic chat environment having multiple communication devices connected to each other in a communication network, the method comprising:

• displaying on a display screen of an electronic communication device a chat region to hold text and a graphics region to hold graphic objects, the chat region and the graphics region positioned on a common electronic canvas of the display screen,
• generating text in the chat region;
• generating graphic objects in the graphics region;
• synchronizing the generated text and the generated graphic objects;
• moving a timeline control handle in a scroll bar to scroll text in the chat region;
• and
• re-doing and undoing graphic events in the graphics region in a manner synchronized to the moving of the timeline control handle, wherein graphic objects associated with the graphic events appear and are removed from visible display on the canvas.

A method for communicating in an online electronic chat environment having multiple communication devices connected to each other in a communication network, the method comprising:

• displaying a chat region with text located therein and a graphics region with graphic objects located therein, on a common electronic canvas;
• identifying a graphic object in the graphics region;
• capturing the identified graphic object;
• dragging the selected graphic object to a desired location on the common electronic canvas;
• releasing the selected graphic object;
• testing the selected graphic object;
• identifying the selected graphic object as one of a scrolling object or a non-scrolling object based on the testing of the selected object;
• and
• inserting the selected object into a chat scrolling list when identified as a scrolling object.