What Happened to AO's chatroom?

[yellowmitten]

Just like the title says.

[BTAutoMag]

been barking up that tree for the last year

[Frizzle Fry]

Been a long time. Longer since it was amazing.

[yellowmitten]

Would be nice to have back.

[BTAutoMag]

I miss chat parties

[Dayspring]

You mean #IRC?

Gotta have a server to run it on. Not sure if we can do that with our current hosting or not. The closest you can get on the forums is a shoutbox type of "chat room." And even then, most of those are paid solutions for the good ones.

[BigEvil]

Nick, there are flash plug ins you can install with VB. BEO has it. Probably better ones available now...

[AGD]

If we need to buy one let me know. We still have money left over.

AGD

[BTAutoMag]

yes, with webcam and mic support so we can help other tech their guns through the chat rooms as well

[GoatBoy]

Can't just use google+ for this?

[Bunny]

What do you guys think of http://www.arrowchat.com/ Test it out and let me know what you guys like/dislike about it.

[BigEvil]

What do you guys think of http://www.arrowchat.com/ Test it out and let me know what you guys like/dislike about it.


That looks interesting.

[BTAutoMag]

I think that would be awesome, and mobile support too

[yellowmitten]

Wow the wheels are in motion!

[Dayspring]

There's a few I've had my eye on - let me take a look in the next couple days and see what our options are.

[BTAutoMag]

I like that facebook style chat one

[yellowmitten]

I do aswell

[bbotts77]

arrowchat seems pretty cool and familiar.

[Bunny]

Dayspring: Any news? :D

[yellowmitten]

is this idea dead again?

[Dayspring]

is this idea dead again?

No, not dead. Just got REALLY busy with work before holiday (Black Friday and Cyber Monday).

[Bunny]

Hmm.... give me a few more seconds to configure this... :D

[Skyssx]

Can't just use google+ for this?

That was my comment: Use Hangouts.

[Swiss Cheeze]

That's a cool little popup. Thought it was my computer at first...nope just the browser.

[Flatliner333]

Good work Bunny...Chat Rooms = :bounce:

[BTAutoMag]

Can we get an app for this

[river031403]

I'm on my iPhone and at the bottom of my screen there is a chat icon and a little tuna fish and a cow and to the right it says chat?
http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j381/river031403/F003194D-0617-465F-91DA-9782F981F656_zpsbdspxnrj.png (http://s1083.photobucket.com/user/river031403/media/F003194D-0617-465F-91DA-9782F981F656_zpsbdspxnrj.png.html)

[Frizzle Fry]

woohoo! chat is back!

[river031403]

Where can I?how can I?

[Frizzle Fry]

Where can I?how can I?
Bottom right corner of your browser.

Granted it hasn't gotten as spicy as old chat but it's warming up.

[Cyco-Dude]

at the bottom of the forum....you'll see a little bar. it says chat, then to the right of that you'll see an icon that says "chat rooms" when you hover over it. click it.

[Bunny]

AO Chatroom for Mobile Devices:

http://automags.org/forums/arrowchat/mobile/

You will need to log into the site with whatever web browser you use. You may need to reload the page before it works.

It should look like....

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6823946/AO/Chatroom/photo%201.PNG

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6823946/AO/Chatroom/photo%202.PNG

I'll put together some FAQs if people like this thing...

[river031403]

at the bottom of the forum....you'll see a little bar. it says chat, then to the right of that you'll see an icon that says "chat rooms" when you hover over it. click it.

Ya it's just too small on iPhone not really doable

[Bunny]

Ya it's just too small on iPhone not really doable

See post above... :-)

[Bunny]

Hmm. I haven't heard much feedback yet. We only have a few more days until the trial version of the chat software ends. What do you guys think of the chat feature.

[Cyco-Dude]

it's not bad, but there just isn't a lot of people on at any given time.

[Frizzle Fry]

It's had its moments :)

[Nobody]

i like it. its neat-o and peachy-keen! so Nobody give his approval. Nobody wants you to use Tom's money and buy it.

[knownothingmags]

I like it,
it gives people the ability to have a non stop conversation,
almost like a phone call :D

I used it a lot today I know that much. private chat very helpful to say the least.

[Bunny]

The trial key expired today. What do you guys think? Should we get it?

[Laku]

I liked it. I got little quiet towards the end, but all in all I liked it.

[Sandman]

I used it a couple of times. Pretty neat.
Is it a subscription that can be cancelled if it doesn't really work out?
or is it an all in purchase?
Sandman

[Bunny]

It is a one-time fee of $125

[TyeStick]

Chat was great while using a computer. Using it on a smartphone was damn near impossible. Not a mobile device friendly chat app.

[Bunny]

Chat was great while using a computer. Using it on a smartphone, a'la iphone was damn near impossible. Not a mobile device friendly chat app.

Were you using the mobile URL that I posted in this thread or did you use the web browser on the phone?

[BigEvil]

One time fee of $125 is not bad. Hopefully it would benefit the community.

[Dayspring]

Would you guys rather the one Bunny installed or something like what IoG uses:

http://www.intimidatorowners.com/forums/index.php

[TyeStick]

Were you using the mobile URL that I posted in this thread or did you use the web browser on the phone?

I was using the mobile URL that you provided. The text, and layout for the chat room was entirely too small.

[Sk8ermog]

Would you guys rather the one Bunny installed or something like what IoG uses:

http://www.intimidatorowners.com/forums/index.php

Do you have to be a member of that Timmy forum to see the chat function you are referring to?

I really liked the chat and used it a lot. Now that we have more PMs its nice to keep a record of conversations but when we have quick questions the chat has been very helpful. Also I was thinking of fun things we could do like contests or guess speakers in the chat at certain times. I would be willing to toss in a few $ if that would help bring it back.

[Dayspring]

$ isn't an issue. Tom said we had $ left over from the forum upgrades.

As for the shoutbox, try something like this:

http://www.tankspot.com/forum.php

[astr0xz0mbie]

im for the chat, i was wondering why it went away again lol please bring it back :)

[skife]

wish i could use my IRC client for AO chat

[magman313]

I liked it a lot.

[magman313]

you should start a poll and see how many of us would actually want and use it. just an idea:headbang:

[steve_81]

I would use and did use it when we had it on here for the short time.

[ventturei26]

it helped out alot, i really liked chat!

bring chat back! bring chat back!

[going_home]

I just flat out missed the trial.

Chat on a phone isnt bad when you have a 5 inch screen, still, who has time during the day for that....

When I'm home the phones kicked to the curb.


:ninja:

[Bunny]

The current chat function will be here for a while :D No more trial versions.

Round 2:
- I have enabled notifications (The only notification are PMs as of now, waiting for arrowchat to program new ones)
- I also enabled the "Who's Online" application to show a world map of where everyone is from.
- I changed the theme to a thing called "leaf" just so it didn't look like facebook.

I know alot of you are having trouble with the mobile version so please let me know what is going on with it. Please post up phone details (Make/Model) so I can try and figure out what is going on.

Please continue to let me know what you guys think of Arrowchat. :cheers: