English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: J3nsen on June 29, 2009, 13:39:24
Title: Shoutbox
Post by: J3nsen on June 29, 2009, 13:39:24
I think this forum have enough spam :thumbs: Take a chat, i made a easy one, if it gets populary, mabye Vstep make one on this forum... Faster to help others... :thumbs: (http://i42.tinypic.com/2hxrqj4.jpg) http://mjshipyard.freeoda.com/index.html
Make a reply if something is wrong or your web browser dont show the page...
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: capn_cal on June 29, 2009, 13:51:06
what do you do on it? it looks cool though ;D :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: J3nsen on June 29, 2009, 13:52:25
Chating with others on this forum... :P
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: capn_cal on June 29, 2009, 13:53:16
oh ok
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: Capt. Matt on June 29, 2009, 14:08:10
Yes that is a good idea, as forumotion forums are equiped with a chatbox I dont know about smf, I use smfforfree so the paid version could be different, also we have allot of members so it would be hard to communicate I think but its worth the shot :thumbs:
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: matt5674 on June 29, 2009, 14:41:04
looks like it only allows 60 posts a hour.
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: J3nsen on June 29, 2009, 14:44:25
I know, working on a new one, but it looks much more simpel...
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: Captain Darling on June 29, 2009, 15:17:13
As I said before when such a suggestion was made - plugins for SMF most likely brings alot of errors. Some you wouldn't notice unless you take a peep in the error log. But errors are errors and admins try and avoid them as best as they can.
Nice suggestion though, but I think there might be too much posters on the forum that it would have a overload.. ;D And people can't keep up with the random conversations...
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: Mad_Fred on June 29, 2009, 15:25:43
Hi guys,
The introduction of a chat function has been requested quite a few times before, and as I recall, it was not a feasable idea for this forum, unfortunatly. :-\
Fred
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: TerryRussell on June 29, 2009, 15:30:18
100% agreement from me, Fred!
If I understand correctly, this proposed system would be parasitical on the forum bandwidth. On that basis, I think it would be technically unfeasible.
I think that there are enough other PM systems around that people can use already, so probably not a great loss..
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: Captain Darling on June 29, 2009, 15:32:30
There's almost 40 000 registered members, only ~ 2500 has made 1 & more posts on forum! You think it could be overloaded/overmembered/oversailed/overcaptained/overpeopled ? :doh:
Yes - actually.
If you notice shoutboxes on very active sites like this forum, you'd notice that you get lots of new posts each time you load the shoutbox. Which makes it hard to keep with the conversation.. Try for example, a MSN conversation with 50 odd people. I have trouble talking to more than 10 people in a MSN conversation.. It just would be a mess..
Plus, with 50 odd members refreshing the shoutbox every second or two, the bandwidth needed would be large.
^^^^As Terry said. ;D
Title: Re: Shoutbox
Post by: Mad_Fred on June 29, 2009, 15:44:12
Cheers! :thumbs:
Of course, we also have to remember that this is not a random gaming forum, but an official forum of a software developer. This forum has to run a much tighter ship than some standalone gamefan forum. This is not just about random fans, but about customers. So even if it were to be technically feasible, which it isn't, a shoutbox would - indeed to keep it suited for all ages - need to be moderated aswell. And people that break the rules need to be handled aswell. And that's virtually impossible. :P