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Forum Chat Box! Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:23 pm
sky
Thuper Globalite
Posts : 347
Forum Points : 343
Join date : 2011-01-14
Location : Canada
Hi there,
I was in Skype with Nick and others not 30 minutes ago and we were talking about the forum chatbox that no one uses. It seems like a good idea but at the same time seems poorly implemented.
May I suggest that it be tweaked to display by default in the very top of the forums homepage requiring you not to join it but has you auto involved in the chat when logged in allowing you to type into it in real-time and read the discussion in realtime.
If you are not logged in you can still see the chat that is going on but you must be logged in to partake in the discussion.
It should update sort of the same way as an instant messenger and should be able to display the full chat history if someone chooses to scroll up and read it all.
I feel that this would be a nice addition and possibly an alternative to the spam thread. The spam thread is typically an active discussion of short 1 line responses that I feel might be better carried out in a format that the chatbox provides.
Finally it should not be too bulky and maybe only have a single chat line to type into. Also possibly a character limit to keep lengthy posts out of the discussion and a 5-10 line display of the last messages sent?
Something to think about, I think it would be nice to not have to navigate the forums to post something seemingly meaningless and maybe only one line long like. "hi global hows everyone?!" or "I'm eating noodles you jelly?" etc. etc.
-sky
I was in Skype with Nick and others not 30 minutes ago and we were talking about the forum chatbox that no one uses. It seems like a good idea but at the same time seems poorly implemented.
May I suggest that it be tweaked to display by default in the very top of the forums homepage requiring you not to join it but has you auto involved in the chat when logged in allowing you to type into it in real-time and read the discussion in realtime.
If you are not logged in you can still see the chat that is going on but you must be logged in to partake in the discussion.
It should update sort of the same way as an instant messenger and should be able to display the full chat history if someone chooses to scroll up and read it all.
I feel that this would be a nice addition and possibly an alternative to the spam thread. The spam thread is typically an active discussion of short 1 line responses that I feel might be better carried out in a format that the chatbox provides.
Finally it should not be too bulky and maybe only have a single chat line to type into. Also possibly a character limit to keep lengthy posts out of the discussion and a 5-10 line display of the last messages sent?
Something to think about, I think it would be nice to not have to navigate the forums to post something seemingly meaningless and maybe only one line long like. "hi global hows everyone?!" or "I'm eating noodles you jelly?" etc. etc.
-sky
