The Pub Discussion Board

I complete agree with Imagineer on this.  I don't know how much of a draw I am but I'm there most evenings.  I promise I don't bite

trust me when I say that his bark is worse then his

I'm moved to a new place and our internet provider is shakey so I'm having a hard time getting on to the chat and the site it's self. As soon as we get it sorted out I will be on more often

Okay, since you want to discuss chat ideas... I know that one thing that keeps people from joining the chat is, in fact, the software involved.  Lots of people don't like Java programs, and they don't own or want to learn normal chat programs.

Would people be interested in a webpage based (but still a streaming, rather than a continuously-reloading) chat room, based directly here on the site?

Eric

Okay a couple things.  I'm pretty sure when you first clicked on the "here" it was trying to install Java.  If it is not wanting to install on its own again you are going to have manually install it.  If you go here http://www.java.com and click on the Download button the site will pretty much walk you through what you need to do.

Another issue that I have personally run into is the newer versions of McAafee have decided that IRC is dangerous and by default blocks the communication ports <think hose that the IRC stuff goes through> is blocked off and you need to tell it to let you use it.

I would suggest trying the Java page first and if you still have problems I will try to walk you through how to get around the port issue.

Hope to see you soon.

Since I have never once visited Mr. Scipio's site, I couldn't tell you.

Eric

This is a side note but it seems you have to be logged into the site to actually connect once your in the java chat. Most people should be logged in already but that may be stopping a few people from getting in.

NahtanoJ:  You're right, you do have to be logged in to access the JavaChat.  It's called a "member privilege".  Membership to this site is free, but I do require you to BE a member to access a lot of the functions.

Storymaster: Which would you rather have, all of your chat windows in one program, or actual people to chat with? 

I'm willing to bet that you have your IM program open while you're chatting, so you do already have conversations going on in more than one program at a time.  YOU find IRC to be simple and useful, but there are a vast number of people on the Internet who are downright scared by trying to make IRC operate properly.  Others simply do not want to bother installing it for the one thing they might use it for: chatting on this site.  Not everyone is interested in internet chat in general; some people would prefer to chat only to a specific small group, like the site members here, and they don't think putting more software on their computer is worth it.  And we both know the JavaChat is sketchy at best; it doesn't even always work right.

I'm trying to find an answer to the original posted issue: lack of participation in the chat room.  With a PHP-run chat, I can post the names of the people who are currently in the chat on the website, thus perhaps encouraging others to join in.  I've tried to do this with IRC already, but I cannot get the PHP/Dalnet interface to work for the life of me.

I don't see why you would feel hindered by having another window for conversation.  (And my hope would be that the Pub chat was active enough that you did not have TIME for those other chat windows... )

Eric

I used to go to chat, then people stopped coming. So I stopped going...

Sorry guys wont be able to be back in the room for awhile my laptop is brokin (droped it) and rarely have access to a computer otherwise, so I will try to keep in contact as much as possible.