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Posted by Dinah on July 22, 2005, at 14:30:32
How about the idea of a better chat than Yahoo attached to Babble? I know you're worried about civility...
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 23, 2005, at 13:23:15
In reply to Dr. Bob, posted by Dinah on July 22, 2005, at 14:30:32
> How about the idea of a better chat than Yahoo attached to Babble?
I remember we talked about that at the party. I'm open to it. Does anyone know if it can be done in Perl?
Bob
Posted by Racer on July 23, 2005, at 14:22:18
In reply to Re: better chat, posted by Dr. Bob on July 23, 2005, at 13:23:15
I've used a number of perl based chat scripts. I'll see if I can track any of them down -- some had really fun features, all worked well enough for my needs.
NB: my computer has been down for some time, so I can't just search my own records. Finding the ones I used might take a while, so don't necessarily count on me... (Might be a good excuse for hte expense of fixing my computer, or at least retrieving any data that has survived...) There are also a couple of really nice JAVA or Javascript based chats out there...
Posted by Dinah on July 23, 2005, at 15:17:38
In reply to Yes » Dr. Bob, posted by Racer on July 23, 2005, at 14:22:18
The Yahoo chat feature is Java based. Not sure if that's their problem.
But I know Windows no longer includes Java in their package, and you have to go to the Java site and download it. It hasn't been working so well since then.
Does that mean Windows is now offering a competing product?
Posted by alexandra_k on July 23, 2005, at 16:46:28
In reply to Re: Yes » Racer, posted by Dinah on July 23, 2005, at 15:17:38
Please.
Pretty pretty please.
I can't do non HTML chat :-(
Shame on ITS...
Posted by Racer on July 23, 2005, at 17:58:17
In reply to Re: HTML???, posted by alexandra_k on July 23, 2005, at 16:46:28
> Please.
> Pretty pretty please.
> I can't do non HTML chat :-(
> Shame on ITS...Bad news on that one, I'm afraid. HTML is a static markup language, so the only way to have anything like a 'real time' chat using HTML is to code the page to reload entirely every few seconds -- and that would mean that slow typists couldn't write much ;-)
The good news is that you can use perl scripts -- if you couldn't, you wouldn't be able to post here. These boards use perl, so if you can read the board you can probably deal with perl, and if you can post, you certainly can. (AOL often has issues with perl-based functions, or used to when I used to do this sort of thing more often. perl scripts ask the server to do something -- usually send or receive something -- which is done on the server, and then sent back to your browser. All your browser has to do is deal with the HTML.)
But I'll make sure I look specifically for those perl-chats...
Posted by alexandra_k on July 23, 2005, at 18:25:19
In reply to Re: HTML??? » alexandra_k, posted by Racer on July 23, 2005, at 17:58:17
> But I'll make sure I look specifically for those perl-chats...
Thank you :-)
I really want to chat.
I've never been able to...
Officemate said something about the HTML ones refreshing slower than the non-HTML ones which are constantly refreshing / updating. That that is why ITS block the non-HTML chat (fairly expensive) whereas classforum online learning makes use of HTML chat which isn't so expensive for departments to fund...
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 24, 2005, at 18:29:18
In reply to Yes » Dr. Bob, posted by Racer on July 23, 2005, at 14:22:18
Posted by Dr. Bob on March 21, 2006, at 15:38:23
In reply to Re: Can we get a better Open?, posted by agent858 on March 16, 2006, at 21:51:01
> html chat????
I'm open to a better option, but I haven't had time to research it. Does anyone know of something more reliable?
Bob
Posted by thuso on March 21, 2006, at 18:27:20
In reply to Re: Can we get a better Open?, posted by Dr. Bob on March 21, 2006, at 15:37:32
> > html chat????
>
> I'm open to a better option, but I haven't had time to research it. Does anyone know of something more reliable?
>
> BobDepending on who you have hosting this site, they may have software already available that you can use. Any company that I've used to host my site has always had some form of chat client that I could install on my website at anytime. That would be the first place I would look.
I'll see if I can think of anything else.
Posted by AuntieMel on March 23, 2006, at 11:07:10
In reply to Redirect: Can we get a better Open?, posted by Dr. Bob on March 21, 2006, at 15:39:41
Maybe we should check with finelinebob. He helped you with the rss feed, didn't he??
Posted by LegWarmers on March 23, 2006, at 22:42:29
In reply to Re: check with finelinebob??? » Dr. Bob, posted by AuntieMel on March 21, 2006, at 17:31:20
why does open repeatedly kick some people out and not others? anyone know?
Posted by AuntieMel on April 4, 2006, at 15:04:42
In reply to Re: Can we get a better Open?, posted by Dr. Bob on March 21, 2006, at 15:37:32
Posted by gardenergirl on April 4, 2006, at 15:51:58
In reply to Has anyone tried google chat???? (nm) » Dr. Bob, posted by AuntieMel on April 4, 2006, at 15:04:42
I haven't, but I'd be willing to give it a go. I was wondering what other chat resources were out there.
gg
Posted by thuso on April 4, 2006, at 19:41:40
In reply to Re: Has anyone tried google chat???? » AuntieMel, posted by gardenergirl on April 4, 2006, at 15:51:58
I have almost every form of chat client you can think of. The problem is, not everyone uses the same one (hence, why I have so many). I have some friends who only use MSN and others who only use AIM or Yahoo. And there is no way to do a universal Dr. Bob chatroom with any of those. Everyone that wanted to use it would have to sign up with what ever chat client was chosen.
It's still MUCH better to have a dedicated chat channel on this site. It's just a matter of what Dr. Bob chooses to use and how complicated he wants to make it for himself.
I wonder if he's even looking or if other things regarding the site are a little more important right now.
Posted by special_k on April 10, 2006, at 3:59:16
In reply to Google and other forms of chat..., posted by thuso on April 4, 2006, at 19:41:40
okay so it let me in once.
when i tried to type something
(to practice chatting by myself lol)
it booted me out. happened a couple of times.
is that normal for chat?
(ie is that what everyone has been complaining about)
tried to get in today and yesterday too...
and it wouldn't load.
some problem with java 'null pointer exception' or some crap
or 'applets won't load' or some crap
is that what everyone has been complaining about, or am i still having trouble with my computer?
Posted by gardenergirl on April 10, 2006, at 12:29:37
In reply to Re: Google and other forms of chat..., posted by special_k on April 10, 2006, at 3:59:16
Do you mean in Open? If so, yes...getting booted out repeatedly is the main problem. On my computer, it also periodically freezes my screen.
Of course, still no response from Yahoo from my query.
gg
Posted by Dr. Bob on June 12, 2006, at 19:21:27
In reply to Google and other forms of chat..., posted by thuso on April 4, 2006, at 19:41:40
> It's still MUCH better to have a dedicated chat channel on this site. It's just a matter of what Dr. Bob chooses to use and how complicated he wants to make it for himself.
It's not a channel, but how about this?
http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/ch/chat.cgi
Bob
Posted by gardenergirl on June 13, 2006, at 0:39:29
In reply to Re: other forms of chat, posted by Dr. Bob on June 12, 2006, at 19:21:27
Posted by thuso on June 19, 2006, at 19:28:49
In reply to Re: other forms of chat, posted by Dr. Bob on June 12, 2006, at 19:21:27
> > It's still MUCH better to have a dedicated chat channel on this site. It's just a matter of what Dr. Bob chooses to use and how complicated he wants to make it for himself.
>
> It's not a channel, but how about this?
>
> http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/ch/chat.cgi
>
> BobIt's a good start. At least it is something. I'm not a fan of a chat with lag (even 1 second), but I'm very happy you got something up. We can work on smoothness after we get people to use it. No reason to waste time on it if no one uses it but me. I have no problem chatting with myself. :-)
I know you have a lot of other things on your list to do. Thanks for setting it up!
Posted by gardenergirl on June 30, 2006, at 22:41:25
In reply to Re: other forms of chat, posted by Dr. Bob on June 12, 2006, at 19:21:27
Posted by gardenergirl on June 30, 2006, at 22:42:05
In reply to Has anyone tried this chat? (nm), posted by gardenergirl on June 30, 2006, at 22:41:25
Bleah. It's way too dark.
Posted by Deneb on June 30, 2006, at 23:14:30
In reply to Has anyone tried this chat? (nm), posted by gardenergirl on June 30, 2006, at 22:41:25
On the first day Dinah and I had a chat with Dr. Bob! Can you believe it? I had a chat with Dr. Bob!!!
It was intimate. ;-)
I find the chat annoyingly slow. At times it takes well over a minute to send text through. It hasn't booted anyone out though, so that's certainly an improvement.
Ah, Bob, I chatted with Bob. :-) I'll never forget it. I'd say it was almost better than meeting him in person.
Deneb*
Posted by llrrrpp on July 1, 2006, at 10:35:20
In reply to Re: Has anyone tried this chat? » gardenergirl, posted by Deneb on June 30, 2006, at 23:14:30
That's way cool Deneb*
I hope I can meet some new people on babblechat too.I'm going to spread the word
-ll
Posted by thuso on July 1, 2006, at 23:16:19
In reply to Re: Has anyone tried this chat? » gardenergirl, posted by Deneb on June 30, 2006, at 23:14:30
> I find the chat annoyingly slow. At times it takes well over a minute to send text through. It hasn't booted anyone out though, so that's certainly an improvement.
>You can change the speed of the page refresh. I put it at 0. I still think it's slow, but it is definitely better than nothing.
Why doesn't someone set up a certain day of the week and pick like two 2-3 hour blocks of time to have official chats. It is really hard randomly checking chat to see if anyone is there.
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