Chat. Keep it or lose it

Lacehim

Really Tim I don't know why you are so concerned. When you left you removed all your posts so you didn't exactly have the best intentions of the forum when you did that did you? You may not like my poll or my post, but you have every right to report it to Ashley or a moderator and have them deal with it. Posting up comments about what you think isn't really helping anyone, so move on, contribute to the forum or please let us get on with the job at hand.

Moon

I agree that the discussion about whether to keep chat or not should be available to existing members only .. and not visible to the public. Therefore .. in my opinion, it needs to be in 'Forum Back Office - Private' so that any criticism of the chat facility (and related stuff) .. which I believe should be welcome - in order to improve the forum .. is kept 'in-house' This way .. members can express their honest opinions without having a negative effect on potential members viewing the forum. In other words - you either make it visible .. where it needs to be all nice and constructive .. or you encourage members honest feedback whereby some will likely be negative .. and therefore it probably would be better (imo) to keep it out of public view. Unhipsters views should be welcome imho .. but because it is in public view .. I can see why it is considered counter-productive. * My 5c worth .. Yeah Baby! :angel: ps. I haven't voted on whether to keep 'chat' as yet. If the result of the poll has a large influence on whether it is kept .. then I will vote 'Yes' I think it is a great feature .. only way under-utilised - but wonder why it is only the 'Usual Suspects' who use it for 95%? non coffee related discussion.. and anyone else who tries to join in .. doesn't appear to last long .. from what have observed. pss. I'd be happier if I was pulling 9.3/10 lattes .. only 9.1/10 is where I'm at atm. Can't complain too much I reckon :coffee2: psss. Golly 341 visits stats for today. Maybe the forum needs to be spiced up? >😃 MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone :thumb: Keep those coffees pouring! I'll be back .. in 2015 8)

Seeya_Latte

Hi everyone I have nothing to hide - I voted yes to keep Chat. While I don't chat (have chatted a couple of times) I respect people using it if they want. So long as it's not used to slag people, I get uncomfortable when I see this undertone pop up from time to time - if this site is supposed to be friendly then it should also apply to the chat area. It does bring an element of uniqueness to this forum. I reckon I'm not on my own with this view.

Lacehim

Thanks Seeya Latte, The new chat isn't as dominant on the forum. Maybe that's why it's so quiet. Also the new chat does allow more moderation which should keep it under control.

Lwowiak

With the new chat opening in a new tab, those who do not wish to participate, or be involved, do not have to. Previously it was on the same page. As now it is not, the point of voting to remove it is pretty pointless. Just do not open the window and you will not be offended, bombarded or whatever it is that offends you about chat. I have always viewed it as a pretty unique aspect of the forum. If something offended me, I just ignored it, in the same way I ignore all the uninformed and mind numbingly biased political rantings, comments and articles splashed all over the internet and TV.

Moon

Lwowiak wrote:

With the new chat opening in a new tab, those who do not wish to participate, or be involved, do not have to.

I thought chat was better being on the home page. Moving it to a new tab takes it out of sight .. out of mind ... which I would've thought is contrary to what the forum requires ---> more participation. It is now not being used .. should we be calling this an 'improvement?' 😢

Kevohere

Seeya Latte wrote:

Hi everyone I have nothing to hide - I voted yes to keep Chat. While I don't chat (have chatted a couple of times) I respect people using it if they want. So long as it's not used to slag people, I get uncomfortable when I see this undertone pop up from time to time - if this site is supposed to be friendly then it should also apply to the chat area. It does bring an element of uniqueness to this forum. I reckon I'm not on my own with this view.

Yup! What he said. :thumb:

Lacehim

Moon, you can easily run chat on a new tab while running the forum on another. 😉 It actually makes the experience at lot better IMO on a tablet or phone.

Koffee_Kosmo

Lacehim wrote:

Moon, you can easily run chat on a new tab while running the forum on another. 😉 It actually makes the experience at lot better IMO on a tablet or phone.

I think I am on the record for preferring a seperate chat system like a multi user IM or similar if one exists And only available to registered members if they choose to use it KK

Lacehim

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

I think I am on the record for preferring a seperate chat system like a multi user IM or similar if one exists And only available to registered members if they choose to use it KK

The new ajax chat requires membership. You need to be logged into the forum to use it. I'm not sure what you mean by multi user IM KK. Currently we have a 1 to 1 chat box on the bar at the bottom, group chat on the menu bar, and if you check settings inside ajax chat you can even set up your on private room to chat if you want. If you want a personal group chat with certain members you could also use one the multitude of IMs (Windows Messenger, Trillian, Yahoo7 etc) on the market.

Koffee_Kosmo

I like the idea of a pop up window for Group chat But Ajax is also good now that I haven tested it out earlier KK

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