CHAT ROOM

[Guest Mad4rcn]

Don't you think a chat room would be good just to be able to watch stuff on TV and talk about it real time? Like R.Lee on now at History channel.

[Mike]

We've had it before.

It went largely unused.

[Mike.357]

It was a nice add on when this board had it.

It did not get used a lot by a lot of people, but it was used a lot by a few of us.

I would like to see it come back.

[Guest bkelm18]

Not a whole lot of people used it when we had it, and IIRC it ate up a lot of bandwidth.

[G27]

It was a nice add on when this board had it.

Yep.

It did not get used a lot by a lot of people, but it was used a lot by a few of us.

Yep.

I would like to see it come back.

Yep.

[TGO David]

Sorry... probably not a feature I'll be adding back in. It wasn't a bandwidth hog but it did open several security holes, which couldn't be ignored.

[Mike.357]

I figured there was a good reason why we don't have it anymore.

I am sure there are places where chat rooms can be made and accessed by anyone who is interested.

[Volzfan]

Everyone interested should just use Yahoo or MSN Messenger and chat away. Some friends and I did that on another forum and it worked very well.

[Mike.357]

Yahoo or MSN Messenger and chat away

that is one on one, is it not? Would be nice to have a room for a bunch of miscreants to talk trash

[Mike]

I think you can do a group chat on AIM. It's been years since I've used it though.

[Volzfan]

that is one on one, is it not? Would be nice to have a room for a bunch of miscreants to talk trash

We have had 5 or 6 at a time on there. The one who "Hosts" the conversation has the option to invite more into it.

[Trekbike]

that is one on one, is it not? Would be nice to have a room for a bunch of miscreants to talk trash

I would suggest using Skype. It's free as long as you do PC to PC. PC to moble is charged. It's probably the one of, if not the largest, global chat programs. It's usually got around 20 million people online most of the time. In a group chat you can pull in 200 people. We use it at work to "talk" between others in our department. You can do video calls as well. A lot of folks use it for overseas communications. Seeing and talking to your loved one half way around the world is really nice and free!

[Guest Glock23ForMe]

I would suggest using Skype.

Skype is the

You can even talk live, forget that typing crap.

[Guest 1010011010]

There any reason we couldn't designate/start a channel on one of the existing IRC networks?

Edit: Or use tinychat

[Daniel]

because IRC sucks.

[Daniel]

you guys should just use chat roulette until you find one another.

[JeffsSig]

I set up a simple chat room anyone can use.

I have not fully set it up or looked into all the ins and outs on it yet.

It is free to be used now.

Chat Room

If it is used Ill be glad to work on it more and add or remove what you guys feels it needs.

[JeffsSig]

I have played with a few settings and think it is ready to use.

TGO Chat Room

http://www.sigpower.com/tgochat

[JeffsSig]

So what do you guys think? Anyone used it yet? feedback?

[Rightwinger]

I've heard the echo!

[TGO David]

On a similar note... I have been looking at a chat module that mimics Facebook's where you can talk with people in your buddies list. And then I started seeing reviews of it elsewhere and the forum admins were saying it was axe-murdering the performance of their servers.

[Mike]

Well, We are in there now, so come on in and join the party.

[E4 No More]

On my car forum I started the No Topic thread so that members can get on there and chat away without someone getting their panties in a wad over getting off topic. That thread is still going strong at 4,789 pages, 95,776 replies, and 725,752 views currently.

[JeffsSig]

TGO Chat Room

[JeffsSig]

knock knock