New (experimental) forum chat - Page 3

Level · September 19, 2002, 14:20

Could you make it so the extra chat stuf is only in the forums and not the threads, it slows it down to much even with a fast conection.

-Jrabbit · September 19, 2002, 14:40

Weird. I chatted a bit, exited, ran through a couple Poly forums, then was hitting the back button. Very surprised I dropped back into Chat - in real time - and moreso to see that it was in a much bigger typeface. Strange. Then I was suddenly dumped to the "please register" page. Strange.

I guess there's a bug or two.

Capt Dizle · September 19, 2002, 14:54

Is this silly chat the thing that has slowed the forums? Get rid of it.

DaShi · September 19, 2002, 15:54

Yay! All the bugs of chat, but in the forums now.

I've noticed a slow down as well.

The chat also bumps threads an extra page when the page limit is reached so when you click on the last page of a certain thread, you see no responses but the unrelated chat.

MarkG · September 19, 2002, 16:40

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The chat also bumps threads an extra page when the page limit is reached....

not exactly but it has been fixed

as any developer will tell you, bugs happen

tniem · September 19, 2002, 16:42

How much is this affecting load times today? Or is that have more to do with the MOO3 contest and extra people on ACS?

I just see it being abused too much without a big gain in having the chat rooms last words posted on the top of the site. But it has led to more people in the chat room and if Markos thinks that will help income., good luck.

MarkG · September 19, 2002, 16:50

if you notice the "users online" numbers on the front forums page todat we have constantly 70-100 more people than usually

Hueij · September 19, 2002, 17:47

Opera 6.04: an empty box...
IE 6: can read the conversation but can't send replies...

Any chance we'll get an IRC chat channel again?

Chowlett · September 19, 2002, 18:13

Lol, the insightful comment at the top of this page is:

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But I'm willing to give this thing a try.

MarkG · September 19, 2002, 18:27

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Originally posted by Hueij
Opera 6.04: an empty box...

check to see if opera has any javascript options...

Quote:

IE 6: can read the conversation but can't send replies...

again see if you have anything related to javascript disabled

ie5.5 works fine...

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Any chance we'll get an IRC chat channel again?

the irc channel is NOT replaced (yet)

MarkG · September 19, 2002, 19:38

chat archive
http://apolyton.net/forums/shoutbox.php?page_shout=chat

Bugs ****ing Bunny · September 20, 2002, 06:38

Good feature.

Drop in. Post something vaguely salacious. Watch attendance level soar.

MarkG · September 20, 2002, 08:23

bug causing you to loose some of the messages, is now squashed

Capt Dizle · September 20, 2002, 08:39

Login to site, notice sluggishness. Read thread where Mark denies new chat is culprit. Not surprised.

Level · September 20, 2002, 11:03

In the chat archive why are there pages -1, -2, -3?

Martin Gühmann · September 20, 2002, 12:01

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Originally posted by MarkG
check to see if opera has any javascript options...

Read my last post Markos.

Just wonder how it should me give java error messages if Opera does not have java. (Shure there is also a version witout java IIRC.)

-Martin

MarkG · September 20, 2002, 12:26

martin

1) java != javascript
2) there have been lots of code changes since your last post

i have the handy javascript console of mozilla open and i get no errors from the chat.
please re-check and let me now

Panag · September 20, 2002, 12:41

hi ,

Mark , thanks man

is nice to see that yesterday you improved it also

what about "private" , one on one rooms ?

have a nice day

Martin Gühmann · September 20, 2002, 13:03

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Originally posted by MarkG
1) java != javascript

You are right. To be precise I got JavaScript error messages.

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
2) there have been lots of code changes since your last post

i have the handy javascript console of mozilla open and i get no errors from the chat.
please re-check and let me now

Rechecked and the same problem is there, java is enabled, java script is enabled and java script error messages are enabled and I use the option pretend as Opera. Still the same picture.

-Martin

MarkG · September 20, 2002, 13:53

martin i'll look into

quick list of features

- complete user integration with Apolyton user accounts database
- no issue with user names with apostrophes
- vbcode and smilies
- automated archive
- admins, moderators, "celebrities" and... lurkers indentification
- ban, unban and auto-unban from chat features
- /pm command opens pm window

Martin Gühmann · September 20, 2002, 15:46

It seems you did something, but still a blank screen, but now I get two errors, with javascript in Opera 6.04:

Error:
name: TypeError
message: Value on left hand side of '.' is not convertible to Object: window.parent.frames["chat"]

Syntax error while loading (line 0)

-^

But another question will it be compartible with Netscape 4.78. So far I have just an empty page without the chat window in Netscape 4.78.

And again another question, if you still plan to allow to read the chat for non logged in members or for guest then it would be helpful if there would be a quick log in form on the chat page, two.

By the way the quick regristration form screw up the whole page on Netscape 4.78.

-Martin

loinburger · September 20, 2002, 17:08

Hmm, currently the chat display doesn't say who's in the room, although the most recently posted IM is still showing up. ('Course, avatars and pictures aren't displaying either, so no telling if the chat is really screwed up or if the server is hiccupping.)

Rasbelin · September 20, 2002, 17:13

loin,

the problem is that Settler is very heavily loaded right now. Markos had to disable avatars in order to ease the load. I hope we're back to normal tomorrow.

loinburger · September 20, 2002, 20:42

Ah, gotcha. I'd noticed that there were about forty people in chat when I popped in, and usually there are at most four people.

Hueij · September 21, 2002, 11:31

[QUOTE] Originally posted by MarkG
check to see if opera has any javascript options...
It has. It also gave the following error message:

Error:
name: TypeError
message: Value on left hand side of '.' is not convertible to Object:

MarkG · September 21, 2002, 14:05

yes, there is still a bug that comes up some times and is related to the rooms

i hope to have it fixed tomorrow...

Martin Gühmann · September 21, 2002, 16:57

OK finally I found me on the user list of the chat room, afterwards I enabled cookies in my profile. Would it be at least possible to set in the profile cookies just for the chat room if it is impossible to keep me logged in in the chat room without cookies.

Another problem is with non standart letters like German umlaute (Ü,Ö,Ä,ü,ö,ä). I have one in my name. My name is displayed correctly on the user list of the chat but if I click on that it inserts this one: Martin GÃŒhmann

-Martin