News New Chat System (Trial)

[FleetingInfinity]

If you click on the user's name through the list of members, you should be able to click on their name when the little pop up comes.

Ah yes, you're right. My mistake for not trying that and simply thinking it didn't work when I clicked on someone and it just said their name and Guest. Rather than popping up the usual box I'm used to from the Forum itself.

 

[The Dark Wizard]

- multi-tab: does not WORK. This is a no no. I honestly think it's pretty ridiculous that you can only have chat open in one tab. This is like the website of having more than one tab open. Also, when you open a new tab, the chat automatically opens, and sometimes people don't notice it, so it throws them off when they go back to look at the chat and most the messages are missing.

This was fixed.

 

[King Of Imagination]

Can't turn off sounds on mobile, no option to do so I can find

 

[Elle Joyner]

So, I switched from dad's laptop to my Surface RT - There's no options/gear thing OR bottom chat bar 0_O at all.

 

[Fly]

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[Atom]

Would be cool to turn notifications off when using it so I don't see that 1 New, 2 New, 3 New etc. Thing when using it on mobile


Unless this is possible and I'm an idiot


Highly possible scenario actually

 

[The Dark Wizard]

This is what my chat experience is like on my phone. X_x

You aren't using the mobile version.

 

[King Of Imagination]

Every thirty seconds or so, when I'm typing, generally in private chats, the chat window closes on it's own. This isn't too much of an issue, except when I'm trying to backspace and my chat closes, causing me to lose whatever I typed because I go back to the previous page.

 

[Riddle78]

Chat seems to have ceased to exist,for me. Something I'm not aware of?

 

[The Dark Wizard]

[QUOTE="Alad V]Chat seems to have ceased to exist,for me. Something I'm not aware of?

[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE="The Dark Wizard]So just giving people the chance and releasing banned users into the chat was the worst way to go about that.
Instead banned users will be given the chance if they so desire to appeal their ban by posting in admin contact.

[/QUOTE]

 

[Riddle78]

Aah. My mistake.

 

[Ayl]

Here's but a humble suggestion: if possible, the mobile chat should also allow scrolling without automatically go down once a new comment is posted, unless it's already scrolled to the bottom, just like the desktop version. If it is not possible, I completely understand.

 

[Prizzy Kriyze]

Besides it working without any issues (although I didn't experience any issues with the SB either) This thing is endlessly more convenient. Having a little box in the corner of my screen allows me to write replies at the same time as I keep up with the conversation at hand. On top of that, being able to have conversations with people you follow is awesome, in my opinion. A thing I would like to ask if it's possible to add though, is maybe some sort of group feature? Because that would just be awesome. I hope we can keep this, because I like it.

 

[Auren]

While it seems that most complaints are about the mobile service, I don't remember the Shoutbox functioning well for my phone. I had a constant issue with the Shoutbox being covered by the bar on top of the site, and being unable to edit longer texts easily with my phone. Also, it was difficult to keep up with the ShoutBox because of both of the above issues. Granted, I have an iPhone4 that's about 3 years old.


On that note, this new mobile chat does have an issue with pushing the text entering box up to the middle of the screen, and after a few minutes of using the chat, it starts to slow down. I'm not sure how much of the later is because of my phone being a little bit older, and how much is something everyone might be experiencing. There is a little tab at the bottom right of my phone that I don't have the option to remove, but it's not distracting from the site due to how small it is. Truthfully, I don't need to use the chat on my mobile anyways. I prefer typing on my computer, as its generally more faster and better for the fast-paced chat.


The only glitch I've noticed on the computer version has been when I have multiple tabs open and I get a private message. Usually the chat PM replies only appears on one tab, and I have to search for it. I'm not sure if this is still an issue, as I haven't tried it out today yet.


I like the new chat system. Once I turn on the usernames in the chat, I don't feel that I need the various colors that the SB offered. I would like the names in the chat to connect to the User Card rather than their profile page, if that's possible to change. Everything else that the SB offered, this chat system offers, but in a different, better way. Plus, we now have PM chats, which is super fancy!


Overall, the chat is more efficient than the shoutbox, and it's drawing more new users to the chat than before. It's nice to see that our community is connecting better now than it has in the past 6 months.

 

[Raynbow]

It looks super cool \o/ beats the other one imo

 

[Elle Joyner]

xD Gotta love Generic browsers, man... >_>

 

[The Dark Wizard]

Will the new system allow normal users to do the same?

Yes, click on their username.


 

Also, @Elle Joyner and I were testing something things out with her chat today. She said her chat and PMs continues to close out whenever she changes or refreshes the page (even with "Keep Room Open" selected). I've tested this on both Google Chrome and Firefox, and have yet to duplicate this error (Elle is using Pale Moon as a browser). We're both using PCs/ Laptops. If anyone else runs into this issue, let us know so we can figure out what the heck is going on. xD

[QUOTE="Elle Joyner]
xD Gotta love Generic browsers, man... >_>

[/QUOTE]
I had this problem and then it went away. Its a cookie/cache messup during one of the updates I did.

 

[Elle Joyner]

DWiz - It seems to go back and forth. Sometimes it works, sometimes not so much xD I've decided my computer has PMS..

 

[Queen Nala]

So. I unignored someone, yet it still says I have them blocked and I can't see what they say in chat and they can't reply to me.


I'd call for a medic, but I don't need one.


Help.


 
Ignore that last call for help. I simply did not see how to unblock someone.

 

[Auren]

So. I unignored someone, yet it still says I have them blocked and I can't see what they say in chat and they can't reply to me.
I'd call for a medic, but I don't need one.


Help.

You should have a tab at the bottom that says Chat. Click that an it'll show the people that you follow. In the top right is a gear, click it. You should see an Unblock option, and the rest is self explanatory.

 

[spectro]

So, I don't know if the chat is down or what not, but my chat box has completely disappeared.


I refreshed my page and it has totally disappeared.

 

[The Dark Wizard]

So, I don't know if the chat is down or what not, but my chat box has completely disappeared.
I refreshed my page and it has totally disappeared.

One moment, I was doing an update.

 

[GOOEY]

Would be awesome if the chat windows would stay open whenever I browse through the forums. It's quite a hassle to have to reopen the lobby all the time.

 

[Kiyoko Tomoe]

Click on Chat Rooms, find the little gear in the top right, click on it, and check "Keep Room Open"


 

In the settings, select "Keep Room Open".

Dang, you beat me to it.

 

[GOOEY]

Thanks Musician!