New Chat Room... Comments and Suggestions NEEDED!

Rot

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OK... new chat toom is in place...

You will find it on the BOTTOM of site. There is a settings toolbar there:

(People don't like the sounds... so turn them off if you like)

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For those just wanting to browse the forum, you can hide the chat toolbar:

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I have found that on my laptop I can open chat in a new tab (I used Firefox)... It seems to work well for me...

PLEASE USE THE LINK ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT... NOT the one on the left hand toolbar (That will be removed asap).

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xROTx

PS. I would like input from mobile users and any suggestions you feel would benefit the new chat room.

It's early days... lots of tweeks coming...
 

BerryTogart

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Very nice - great to see a new non-flash based installation.
I like the plain black on white (increases readability) and that avatars are automatically applied.

Didn't test out mobile yet, but is that actually a concern for people? I'd expect most of the folks use tapatalk to view the forums then which kind of disables the chat option anyways? (at least I never saw that on my tapatalk on android)
On an Ipad it looks ok in landscape mode.
 

basic

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I second the white text with black (or dark) background.
 

AppleiDog

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Love that Chat is back, and the mobile version is very good!
 

Rot

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All the themes have been disabled except for THIS one:

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xROTx

PS. Thank You Raz for sorting out the code.... :buttrock:
 

xterc

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If there is any way to add the local time to each message (like Skype and WhatsApp) then it would be easier to follow a conversation when returning to a pre-opened chat.
 

Rot

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If there is any way to add the local time to each message (like Skype and WhatsApp) then it would be easier to follow a conversation when returning to a pre-opened chat.

Unsure... it seems if you allow the "avatar" function to be visible... and hover over it with a cursor it gives you the time...

I suppose i should look into that :D

xROTx
 

Karou

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thanks for saying how to turn the bar off!

non flash huh?I will have to try sometime.
hopefully the recipes are better than when I chatted with deserters and ended up with salty meat in my mouth
 

Razoola

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there are still some issues with the new colors ROT that we can sort out today :)
 

Rot

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NEW THEMES.... THANK YOU RAZOOLA!

OK lads... there are 2 themes atm (Only applicable to desktops/laptops)... done by Razoola...

You may choose the themes as follows:

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The themes are:

neogeo1 (LIGHT THEME):
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neogeo2 (DARKER THEME):
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You may need to CRTL + F5 to refesh your scheme of choice.

The mobile stuff may take longer to fix...

xROTx

PS. Thanks Raz... love ya' LOTS for doing this...
 

massimiliano

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Great new theme, but I have a question:

I find difficult to read a whole exchange of comments when coming back after leaving the room, as the avatars are really small and text is exactly the same font/color for everyone...(except for my own replies)

Is it possible to assign a color or something to graphically distinguish the users?
 

Heinz

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I never had a problem with flashchat but sometimes you just gotta change with the times. I like it's ease of access with not having to log in or have a separate tab for chat.
 

BanishingFlatsAC

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I dunno what changed today, but now when I log on I get a "mobile chat" button in the lower right hand corner of the site. It loads a dedicated chat window, which is fit to screen and works awesome. Nicely done!
 

Gyrian

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I've been working on updated graphics for our chat room. These only apply to the desktop version (mobile has different graphics entirely, and I don't have its sheet to take a stab at it). What's possible is very limited, with many tiles that are only 8x8 pixels. With that said, I think this is going somewhere decent. Here's what I've got thus far:

Original Chat Bar

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New Chat Bar

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Original Show Chat

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New Show Chat

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Original Users Popup

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New Users Popup

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Original Chat Popup

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New Chat Popup

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Gyrian

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Original Chat Popout

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Updated Chat Popout

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Original Chat Menu Popout
This is one of the few graphics that's sitting on its own file. There might be more flexibility here, in which case...

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New Chat Menu Popout
...we might be able to have G-Mantle here.

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In some circumstances, chat will display a really tiny loading animation. Here are some possible replacements:

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Hopefully these help improve readability in some cases, while infusing a touch of character in others. The active and idle user graphics are original edits to downsample from Metal Slug. :)
 

Gyrian

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Completely agree. Mostly in case we are limited to using smaller images. Here's the original, it's not even transparent:

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Fritz

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New chat room would be okay if it didnt randomly boot me every 10-20 mins. The annoying thing is I don't know I have been booted until I type up a sentence then when I click post I get the warning. I have to log out/in and re-type the whole thing again.
 

Kid Panda

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New chat room would be okay if it didnt randomly boot me every 10-20 mins. The annoying thing is I don't know I have been booted until I type up a sentence then when I click post I get the warning. I have to log out/in and re-type the whole thing again.

All you have to do is hit F5.
 
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