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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.
Posted by llrrrpp on July 1, 2006, at 23:28:15
In reply to Re: Has anyone tried this chat? » Deneb, posted by thuso on July 1, 2006, at 23:16:19
What if the top of each babble frame/page had a section listing the number of people in the dark chat room? everytime you refresh it, the number of chatters is posted, maybe next to the (regrettably absent) picture of Dr. Bob himself?
-ll
regularly scheduled chats are nice. I just had a lovely conversation with several nice people that went on over an hour :)
Hope to meet you too sometime ;)
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 4, 2006, at 0:23:35
In reply to Re: Has anyone tried this chat? » thuso, posted by llrrrpp on July 1, 2006, at 23:28:15
> does the background have to be black?
No, that's just the way it came. Would a calming vanilla cream color be better? :-)
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> What if the top of each babble frame/page had a section listing the number of people in the dark chat room? everytime you refresh it, the number of chatters is posted
How about not at the top, but where the Open link is now? Let me give it a try here...
Bob
Posted by thuso on July 6, 2006, at 20:32:20
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by Dr. Bob on July 4, 2006, at 0:23:35
> > does the background have to be black?
>
> No, that's just the way it came. Would a calming vanilla cream color be better? :-)
>
> --
>
> > What if the top of each babble frame/page had a section listing the number of people in the dark chat room? everytime you refresh it, the number of chatters is posted
>
> How about not at the top, but where the Open link is now? Let me give it a try here...
>
> BobAnother suggestion....when someone clicks on profile or settings you should make it a pop-up window. Right now it just opens up where the chat is. I know it doesn't loose any of the chat, but when there are a lot of people in there and the chat goes fast, it's easy to get lost.
Posted by gardenergirl on July 7, 2006, at 0:39:45
In reply to Re: babblechat » Dr. Bob, posted by thuso on July 6, 2006, at 20:32:20
> > > does the background have to be black?
> >
> > No, that's just the way it came. Would a calming vanilla cream color be better? :-)Yes! It would be much easier to read, and it would probably feel much less like entering a cave.
> What if the top of each babble frame/page had a section listing the number of people in the dark chat room? everytime you refresh it, the number of chatters is posted
Thanks for doing that, btw. I think it will make it more likely that people will go to chat, if they see someone else is there.
Also, I don't know if anything can be done about this, but I just got disconnected from the internet while in chat (stupid dial up dark ages connection!). I tried to get back into chat, but it said gg was already logged in. I couldn't get through anywhere to log out and re-log in.
gg
Posted by gardenergirl on July 7, 2006, at 0:40:46
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by gardenergirl on July 7, 2006, at 0:39:45
Sorry. I tried to get back in. It was nice to see you.
gg
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 7, 2006, at 6:42:09
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by gardenergirl on July 7, 2006, at 0:39:45
> Another suggestion....when someone clicks on profile or settings you should make it a pop-up window. Right now it just opens up where the chat is. ... when there are a lot of people in there and the chat goes fast, it's easy to get lost.
>
> thusoWhen you click on someone else, their profile does seem to pop up. Would you change your own profile in the middle of a busy chat? I'm not sure if new options would be applied to a window that stays open...
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> Also, I don't know if anything can be done about this, but I just got disconnected from the internet while in chat (stupid dial up dark ages connection!). I tried to get back into chat, but it said gg was already logged in. I couldn't get through anywhere to log out and re-log in.
>
> ggI don't know what happened, I tried closing the window without logging out and it let me log back in...
Bob
Posted by gardenergirl on July 7, 2006, at 7:49:44
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by Dr. Bob on July 7, 2006, at 6:42:09
Ah, I probably didn't close the window. When I get disconnected, I usually leave everything as is, and then when I reconnect, I just refresh. If it happens again, I'll try closing the window.
Thanks,gg
Posted by thuso on July 8, 2006, at 13:21:24
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by Dr. Bob on July 7, 2006, at 6:42:09
> > Another suggestion....when someone clicks on profile or settings you should make it a pop-up window. Right now it just opens up where the chat is. ... when there are a lot of people in there and the chat goes fast, it's easy to get lost.
> >
> > thuso
>
> When you click on someone else, their profile does seem to pop up. Would you change your own profile in the middle of a busy chat? I'm not sure if new options would be applied to a window that stays open...
>It should. At that point there were 7 of us in the chatroom, so things were going pretty fast. I wanted to change the color I was using (hurt my eyes because of the black) and use the "ignore" feature you have (thank you for that!). By the time I got back to the chat, I almost missed part of it since you haven't given us any scroll feature to see what has been said previously. Since you have a refresh rate with this chat, the next time it refreshes, it should apply the options I just chose, right?
Speaking of scroll feature....can we have that? There were a few times I wanted to either quote someone or refer back to something they had said, but couldn't. Once that line of text is off the screen, it's gone.
BTW...a couple of us were wondering if you log the chats. Not that you have time to read them, but more for historical record. Just in case something is said in the chat that needs following up on. Just curious.
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 9, 2006, at 11:42:59
In reply to Re: babblechat » Dr. Bob, posted by thuso on July 8, 2006, at 13:21:24
> > I'm not sure if new options would be applied to a window that stays open...
>
> It should.Hmm, you could try it and see, just open a second window yourself and change the settings there...
> Speaking of scroll feature....can we have that? There were a few times I wanted to either quote someone or refer back to something they had said, but couldn't.
Scroll back how far? It would probably slow things down, since the server would be sending out more text...
> BTW...a couple of us were wondering if you log the chats. Not that you have time to read them, but more for historical record. Just in case something is said in the chat that needs following up on.
I'm actually not sure if it logs them or not. I've noticed that it create files, but I don't know what it saves or for how long...
Bob
Posted by Deneb on July 12, 2006, at 22:40:51
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by Dr. Bob on July 9, 2006, at 11:42:59
Dr. Bob (((((Bob)))))
I was chatting with some people and we all got booted off chat, twice.
Can anything be done to prevent that?
(((((Bob))))) Hehehe, any excuse to communicate with you.
Deneb*
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 19, 2006, at 19:02:39
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by Deneb on July 12, 2006, at 22:40:51
> I was chatting with some people and we all got booted off chat, twice.
>
> Can anything be done to prevent that?I don't know, exactly what happened? And what time was it?
Bob
Posted by Deneb on July 19, 2006, at 21:48:59
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by Dr. Bob on July 19, 2006, at 19:02:39
> I don't know, exactly what happened? And what time was it?
>
> BobI think there were five people chatting. We chatted a while (I don't remember how long) and then suddenly we all got booted off chat at the same time. We were all able to log back in fairly quickly. We chat for a while more and then it happened again. I don't remember exactly what happened. Sorry, I have a really bad memory about these things. I posted my post about it not long after it happened. So, maybe a few minutes before 22:40:51 on July 12, 2006?
I will take notice next time it happens.
Deneb*
Posted by Dr. Bob on July 20, 2006, at 23:42:56
In reply to Re: babblechat » Dr. Bob, posted by Deneb on July 19, 2006, at 21:48:59
> suddenly we all got booted off chat at the same time.
Booted off in what way?
Bob
Posted by Dinah on July 21, 2006, at 8:24:34
In reply to Re: babblechat, posted by Dr. Bob on July 20, 2006, at 23:42:56
If I remember correctly, we went back to the logon screen.
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