ChatBox Good / Bad Poll

[sayzer]

Having a slow PC was my thought also.

One of the best thing about this chat feature, in my opinion, is that I now can talk with people who has some coding and hardware knowledge.
So when I make a joke, at least now there are people who will understand.
They won't be clueless.

I have not started making jokes there yet !


Sitting in front of this monitor whole day, and having a live chat box is great.

[lester]

Yes, but could you not do exactly the same thing in a forum section?

Programmatically the ChatBox is the same as a forum section, just viewed differently and with an automatic expiry.

I'm still not convinced its that great a feature, but I do see that it has its uses if its live at the top of every page so that when online you can join in a conversation without having to move to a specific forum section.

So the Poll option of having ChatBox only available on one section , seems a crazy solution to me.

[IsiahNoggler]

I feel that its OK, sometimes, so limit it to just 1 forum area.

[Bonxy]

Only thing I dont like about it is that it's at the TOP of every page, very anoying, It would be better to the side or in its own section or something.

My tupence..

[lester]

The Chat Box seems to be so little used these days, i'm of a mind to remove it.

Its a real time application, yet the threads in it are responded to over days. Such discussion is better catered for in a forum entry.

how about we turn it off.

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi Lester,

Well, I've already voted against the chat but since you asked I'm fine with it being removed. Even if you decide to keep it please remove that gigant messagebox about voting.

/Henrik.

[sayzer]

Originally, my idea was to have a pop up window, with the fiends I added inside it, by the time I enter to the site.
As soon as or if any of them is online, the window would pop up and I could privately chat with my friends. No log, nothing. Simple small tiny chat box.
When I leave the site, the pop up window closes, and I appear offline.

[Bonxy]

I gave the chat a go a few days ago, and I watched it for about half an hour and it never changed, it was just refreshing, I think no one is using it.

Would it be possible to have a one to one chat app perhaps ?, where one user could invite another to discuss something in a pop-up window maybe.

[Pic_User]

Please turn the Chat off. Thanks for giving it a good try.

-Adam-