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Post by reuben on Mar 25, 2016 10:50:54 GMT -8
There's a magazine chat room?
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Post by bp2go on Mar 26, 2016 10:01:32 GMT -8
There's a magazine chat room? Good question. I looked in this morning,expecting to find that the new chat area had been a hotbed of activity on Friday night! Instead I found that everyone had gone to bed. Z-x-z-z-z~ I have checked for a plug-in that might add a list of participants, but the chat area is not like the usual sections of a Board. With Boards, there is a list at the very bottom to show ho is looking at that board. The chat area is outside the usual framework (so it shows on every page) and the only indicator of who might be available is the list of online names in the stats box. It wasn't hard to set up, and I can hide it with a button-click, so for you chat fans, you can decide to set up times to meet in Chatzy where it seems there are a few helpful features, or accept the limitations of this Shoutbox. I will ask Support if I have any options that are available, but I don't expect there are.
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Deborah
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Post by Deborah on Mar 26, 2016 11:39:54 GMT -8
or accept the limitations of this Shoutbox The "Shoutbox" at the bottom of the page is the Chat area?
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Post by Deborah on Mar 26, 2016 11:43:06 GMT -8
My memory is they started about 2005, or earlier, as they were operating before '07. I think one flavor may have started around that time. But, long before that there was a chat room... trying to remember what it was called. I seem to remember the name having IC in it... I think there was a Yahoo chat room for a bit too. I know I participated in some Friday night chat sessions before I moved to CO in 2001.
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Post by bp2go on Mar 26, 2016 14:02:51 GMT -8
...is the chat room. I never once looked at any previous chat solutions so I just turned this feature on to answer the request. It's pretty limited and I don't doubt other solutions are better in any of several ways. If people want to use another place, no problems here!
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Post by JoeinCT on Mar 26, 2016 17:35:00 GMT -8
How about meeting at 9 pm eastern time on Sundays?
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Post by Deborah on Mar 26, 2016 17:44:01 GMT -8
How about meeting at 9 pm eastern time on Sundays? Build it and they will come. Give it a try.. could work.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2016 19:16:40 GMT -8
How about meeting at 9 pm eastern time on Sundays? Build it and they will come. Give it a try.. could work. Let's see, that's 8 pm Central, 7 pm Mountain, and 6 pm Pacific. I may be a little late, like an hour or so. Go ahead and start without me.
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Post by JoeinCT on Mar 27, 2016 4:33:30 GMT -8
Just found out I have to work tonight. I will be lurking, if not participating.
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christye
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Post by christye on Mar 27, 2016 16:47:12 GMT -8
So is the open chat here the one being used or chatzy?
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Post by JoeinCT on Mar 27, 2016 18:34:48 GMT -8
Chat ig on going now....sort of.
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Post by tomas on Mar 27, 2016 19:54:54 GMT -8
So is the open chat here the one being used or chatzy? Christye? You're back??? How's Alaska?
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Post by bp2go on Mar 28, 2016 6:26:24 GMT -8
I do not touch-type. As much typing as I do all day, you would think I would have mastered the art of tapping out my messages while staring at the screen, watching perfectly composed thoughts appearing letter by letter as fast as shown in TV movies about cyper hackers! Nope! As a result, I don't even like to communicate with any "live chats" with any product Support where I would be trying to volley a conversation before the Support staff decides I've fallen asleep. I'm not a good candidate for a live chat here.
Another confession: I don't personally see how a "live chat" is significanlt different from the frequent threads that can carry on a conversation involving many contributors? At least with a thread, there's a topic at hand, and comments can be added evn days later and context is maintained.
There is no reason to remove the Shoutbox; it is out of sight, so no distraction for those who don't chat. Maybe those who want to participate can devise a schedule that works across time zones. I hope it works out, but if Chatzy is better (to at least know who is lurking and available to reply), maybe that should have a test? The Shoutbox was opened by request. There's no hurry to remove it now that it's available; it either catches fire or it fizzles. Carry on...
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Post by christye on Mar 28, 2016 9:32:06 GMT -8
tomas.. I am here atm. Alaska is great, snowing like crazy right now.
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Post by tomas on Mar 28, 2016 11:28:20 GMT -8
tomas.. I am here atm. Alaska is great, snowing like crazy right now Place hasn't been the same without you! How are the girls? You ever finish your back piece?
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