ChatBox Good / Bad Poll

[lester]

We added a chatbox to the forum last week, its been running for a week now.

what do users think, is this a good feature that we should keep?

a bad feature that we should remove?

a useful feature that should be limited to a single forum area?

[mister_e]

I see no reason to kill it, ok democratic poll... but on an hidden section.. i mean... if you don't like it... don't go there. I'm I missing something or some haters have to do their job and poop the party for some others

[cncmachineguy]

Just a thought, those who don't like the chat can hit the little arrow in the top right corner and shrink it down to just a bar. Then you don't have to see it at all, but those who like it can leave it open.

Best of all worlds for everyone

[lester]

It seems to me that many users don't really care

There are 60 or so regular users, i.e people that visit this forum daily or weekly and most of them have not even voted, its obviously a non event to the vast majority.

and of those that have voted there is no clear feeling either way.

maybe i should force users (at log in) to visit this thread and encourage all to vote??????

[mackrackit]

maybe i should force users (at log in) to visit this thread and encourage all to vote??????

Sounds like a good idea to me.

[ScaleRobotics]

More votes is always good. Right now it is 7 love it, 7 hate it, and 5 think it should have a spot. So it seems that 12 want it and 7 don't want it. Seems more decisive than a lot of polls (official or not) that I have seen! Also in tune (at least with USA's) voter turn out, at about 30 percent.

[.W4GNS]

Uhhhhhh, Well Lester, that seemed to work in my case

maybe i should force users (at log in) to visit this thread and encourage all to vote??????

[l_gaminde]

can't you put it under its own heading where I will never have to see it unless I want to

[BrianT]

One of the best features of the PBP forum is the enduring and searchable database of problems, solutions, tips and tricks. To make that work, ALL messages must be in the database and be searchable. Already we have private messaging where problems are solved but in private. Those gems are lost to the rest of us.

From a quick look at the ChatBox I see automotive and other chatter that has little to do with PICs or PBP and would be better on facebook. I'll wager that crud is not searchable and so is just a waste of space.

Please preserve the valuable Q&A resource by killing the ChatBox and actively discouraging private messaging where the content is ultimately beneficial to us all.

Cheers
BrianT

[sayzer]

..From a quick look at the ChatBox I see automotive and other chatter that has little to do with PICs or PBP and would be better on facebook. I'll wager that crud is not searchable and so is just a waste of space...

BrianT

This is why there is a chat box there.

[lester]

Looking at the voting, at present is a sure fire keep !

[vaporized]

Hello.If I may, I'd suggest to move chatbox to a topic/section/something (I don't know the right term) of its own. That way it won't get in a way and if you need it you can always open it in a new tab, or whatever suites you best. I'm aware of a minimize button at the top right corner of it but it's quite annoying to have to click on it whenever a new page opens.

[mackrackit]

but it's quite annoying to have to click on it whenever a new page opens.

Are you logged in when that happens? If I have it minimized it stays that way.

[Archangel]

If you use a " Script Blocker " it will supress the script that tells it to stay minimized, I use " No Script " in Firefox and have to allow scripts globaly in order to not see the confounded annoying thing.