I am sorry for the confusion perhaps a picture would better explain using this example on this chat see how much wider the width is where it says your message is around 2 inch's compared to mircs quarter inch, See I like to be able to see what I am typing especially if Iam trying in a large amount
http://www.techmixer.com/jquery-php-chat-free-live-chat-script/what would be nice is to have a option to resize by drag and stretch.