Java chat?

[Foolinaround]

As an alternate to the whatever thread,have a separate Chat like TST chat that is java powered,and uses your login id and pw through TST to login.

I belong to a few sites who have them and it is much easier then refreshing the page over and over.

[Maxxdsix]

I second that, the forum for my 6 is like that

[doug]

we've tried a chat in the past.. at least over a year ago.. iirc it took up too much bandwidth causing the rest of the site to lag.

[Foolinaround]

I know that irc takes up some bandwith,but more then people soaking up the whatever thread?

[Maxxdsix]

The other forum im on had a chatbox that took alot of bandwith but then switched to MGC Chatbox Evo. The refresh rate can be changed from instant to every few seconds. I love it on my other forum but were all pretty much a faimly on there. It saves alot of server space by avoiding pointless "oops i broke this, how do i fix it" threads. If you ask the question in the chatbox its likley someone in there can help you.

The 6 forum also just bumped up their server space so that might also be how we can handle it.

[Foolinaround]

Not really a chat box,but whole separate chat entity that loads a separate java application different from the forums to prevent them from lagging eachother.

[doug]

im sure the admin guys on here will look into it. :thumbup:

[Foolinaround]

Sweet,thanks for relaying it forward doug.

[enohand]

you guys use Vbulletin 3.8.4, with that version there is athe ablility to run a chat room & it iuses next to nothing on bandwidth....we have one on g20.net for paid members

[Maxxdsix]

非官方的个爱的嘎达。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
wtf......

[Sberk06]

why not add something like the facebook chat on here??

[piku]

Refreshing the whatever thread increases ad impressions and (probably) revenue. We wouldn't want to do anything to disturb that would we?