Hi Ralph I saw you trying to beam aboard , hollard at ya' but could see you having problems.
In the space beside the say & act is where you type your sentence. once you have done that click on the Say and presto!
Where you saw the parts of names in the upper right was me (tla) or (t) , or the username of whoever else is in the room. If you see just your name there that means your the only one in at that time.
If your on AOL try doing what jmarksberry posted. Once you are dialed up on AOL use Internet Explorer as your broswer.
HTH
t.