Pop Up Chat on the Left...

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Permalink Reply by The Nerd on August 11, 2008 at 11:17am

I think there was some issue with people not being able to surf anonymously, because the chat was on every page. I personally agree - I liked it better on every page, but it would have to come with an "off" button for people who want to be left in peace.

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Permalink Reply by Anath on August 11, 2008 at 11:43am

It kind of did though, you could just leave it alone so it went "to sleep" and not "wake up"? Though it probably should have an off button.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on August 11, 2008 at 12:29pm

O.k. I'll ask, where is the popup chat now? I haven't seen it since the ads showed up.

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Permalink Reply by Anath on August 11, 2008 at 2:20pm

its on the "Home" page, upper lefthand corner.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on September 30, 2008 at 4:31pm

I've got a couple of observations about chat:

1. I tend to have several nexus pages open in different tabs, which I imagine would upset pop-up chat.

2. I tend to open chat in a tab.

3. There is usually nobody there - people drift in say "hello"?, find it's empty and leave. sometimes seconds apart.

What would help is a count of the number of people in the chat room under the list of who's on-line.

Also some sort of cue - a beep, or change in the tab title if there's a post or someone arrives.

Does any of this sound doable?

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Permalink Reply by The Nerd on October 1, 2008 at 7:28am

I'm going to second the "cue" request. It's the main reason I have trouble maintaining conversations with people in chat, and sometimes just leave them hanging (sorry if I've done that to anyone). If I'm even remotely distracted, I don't even bother going there anymore, even though I'd like to.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on October 1, 2008 at 7:57am

I've made people leave by posting a link. If they click on it - whoosh - they leave the forum.

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