The changes, company executives say, leave behind time-consuming formalities that separate users from what they crave: instant conversation.

该公司主管说，这些改变铲除了一些阻碍，让用户获得他们真正想要的：即时的交谈。

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In an experiment at Cornell University, psychologist Jeff Hancock asked participants to try to encourage other participants to like them via instant messaging conversation.

在康奈尔大学的一项实验中，心理学家杰夫·汉考克让参与者试着通过即时聊天来鼓励其他参与者喜欢他们。

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Perhaps you end up surfing webcomics while you’re waiting for a big file to download, or maybe you’re browsing online in between phone calls, or during a lull in an instant messaging conversation.

当你正在有一个大文件下载等待时，也许在浏览在线漫画，或者你在打电话的时间也许在浏览网页，或在等一个即时信息时无聊。

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Participants in a conference call could, for instance, branch off to have an instant messaging conversation in a small group, then return to the larger group without interruption.

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Another is a "conversational balance table" where an animated floral display provides instant feedback on whether someone is hogging a conversation.

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O'Neill told friends later that Bush and Cheney made him feel like an instant insider, and he was happy the conversation had been so candid.

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