KOMclean is a LysKOM client. It consists of a small application which gives you a system tray icon and a web based UI.

The system tray icon can be used to open the KOMclean web UI. Double click the tray icon to open all active session in your default browser. Right clicking the tray icon gives you the options to open the web UI and to exit KOMclean.

When there are unread messages or instant messages the tray icon will change to indicate this.

- Normal tray icon

- Tray icon when there are unread messages

- Tray icon when there are unread instant messages

You do not need to keep the web UI open all the time. Almost all state is stored in the application and not in the web UI.

To read messages you normally select the conference in the list on the left side of the KOMclean web UI. When doing so you will see a list of all threads in the selected conference. Clicking on a thread will bring up all messages in that thread.

The messages in the thread are indented more than its parent so you can easily see which message a text is commenting. The exception to this is when there is only one comment to a message. In this case there will be a small arrow () to the left of the title instead of the extra indentation. Messages with an arrow () to the left of the title are comments to the message above it.

Only unread messages are expanded when viewing the messages in a thread. Clicking the title of a message will expand or collapse it. There is also a link at the bottom of the page to expand or collapse all messages.

If new messages arrive when you are viewing the thread they will not be expanded. They will however be indicated as new messages by bold text.

Another option to read messages is to use the "Next unread" option at the top of the UI. This will take you directly to the next thread containing unread messages, or to the next instant message conversion with unread message if there is one. The keyboard shortcut to go to the next unread thread is 'n'

If you do not want to read all messages in a conference there is an option to mark all messages as read when listing all threads in a conference.

To write a new message the "New message" menu item is used. You can select who you are writing to and who you want to send a copy to. If you want to add another to or cc address, click the "To:" or "Cc:" title to the left of the select boxes.

If the message you want to write is a reply to another message you should instead go to the message you want to reply to and click the "Reply" toggle at the bottom of the message text.

Instant messages can be sent to anyone you have an open chat with, this can be either a conference or a person. In order to start a new chat, select the "New chat" option in the menu.

New chats will automatically open when you receive a message from someone.

To join conference the "Subscriptions" menu item in the "Administration" section of the menu is used.

If the conference is open to join the checkbox can be checked and you are a member. If subscriptions are protected you have to contact the supervisor of the conference and ask him/her to add you. When you are added you will get an invite which you can accept or decline.

If you want to know more about the conference or change your subscription settings you can view the details by clicking "(Toggle details)" for the conference. This will also show you the presentation of the conference if there is one.

If you want to check who a user is you can look at the users presentation. Go to the "users" page located in the "administration" section of the menu.

If you look at your own details you can change your presentation or change your name.

To create or change a conference the "subscriptions" page is used. Creating a new conference can be done using the input form at the bottom of that page.

If you are the supervisor for a conference the details for that conference will look different. The details page will give you options to change the conference setting, change the presentation and add or remove users. It will also give you the option to rename the conference and to change supervisor to someone else.