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JohnMurga
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 593 Location: Far to the east
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Posted: Sat 06 Nov 2010, 08:50 Post subject:
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Hi,
I am going to do some work on the Forum software in November/December (updates, audit stuff, etc), and one of the things I was thinking of doing was integrating a chat page.
This would be linked into the forum membership (you log into the forum, and you can participate in the chat), and all messages would be archived and accessible.
This way if there was inappropriate behaviour it could be dealt with in same way that issues are dealt with on the forum (with innapropriate behaviour being reported to a forum in the same way as spam is now).
It is just an idea, please let me know what you think.
Cheers
John de Murga
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Iguleder

Joined: 11 Aug 2009 Posts: 2031 Location: Israel, somewhere in the beautiful desert
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Posted: Sat 06 Nov 2010, 09:27 Post subject:
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Let me quote Wikipedia: Quote: | Stable release 3.0.7-PL1 (March 5, 2010; 7 months ago (2010-03-05)) [+/−] |
I know it's a very big effort because of the ancient version used on the forums and number of posts, users and whatever, but I still think phpBB deserves an upgrade after all these years. Newer versions make it easier to integrate stuff (chat plugins, portal stuff, CMSs) and provide better spam protection.
And yes, chat is a good idea but I'm sure #puppylinux won't die anytime soon.
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Sit Heel Speak

Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 2595 Location: downwind
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Posted: Sat 06 Nov 2010, 09:32 Post subject:
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From the user standpoint, an absolutely capital idea and I salute you sir. Moderators may think otherwise...
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Sat 06 Nov 2010, 10:06 Post subject:
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Sounds great and means we would just need the browser to chat.
Xchat or pidgin would be needed for those preferring a complete IRC experience.
It also means more potential mainstream users
Good luck with that John.
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8-bit

Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 3425 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Sat 06 Nov 2010, 12:42 Post subject:
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I tend to agree it is a step in the right direction.
That is if it does not slow up the rest of the forum as I have often been logged out while online with all unread messages being marked as read when I logged in again.
Sometimes, I would log in, go to reply to a post and when I would hit the Submit button, I would be told I had to log in to post a reply.
Could it be that the forum is logging me out if it seems I am inactive for a certain period of time?
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ttuuxxx

Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 11193 Location: Ontario Canada,Sydney Australia
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Posted: Sat 06 Nov 2010, 13:50 Post subject:
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I think its an excellent idea, is it going to be text only or maybe with sound? Yahoo chat has had sound for like 10yr+, I think that would be a great addition. Oh by the way I met my wife on Yahoo chat Australia 10yrs ago, lol
I was using an old acer aspire 233mmx with 64MB of memory and windows 98se, heck back then there was so many windows virus you could get away with low specs, I used to talk live, have video chat and play online yahoo games with her all at once with that pc and it ran great. funny now we need 46 billion dollar fiber optics's upgrade across Australia to do same the same thing I did 10yr's ago +, lol
Anyways looking forward to the update and thanks ever so much for what you provide for the puppy project
ttuuxxx
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r1tz

Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 165 Location: In #puppylinux (IRC)
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Posted: Sun 14 Nov 2010, 09:56 Post subject:
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how about intergrating it with #puppylinux with using a in-browser irc client. Would most probably be too big/slow though...
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abushcrafter

Joined: 30 Oct 2009 Posts: 1438 Location: England
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Posted: Sun 14 Nov 2010, 13:47 Post subject:
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Thank you very much. Looking forward to the results. I would like to help if I can but I also must get on with my GCSEs badly . So I probably will have to say no to some things.
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tlchost
Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 2051 Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
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Posted: Sun 14 Nov 2010, 18:30 Post subject:
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Freenode.net has a web client, there's no requirement to use an IRC client.
Point your trusty browser of virtually any flavor at
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=puppylinux
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morgonzola

Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Posts: 160 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Posted: Mon 06 Dec 2010, 21:23 Post subject:
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this sounds like a good idea however, how would it be implemented on the page?
would it be like click this link to connect to and irc server?
or would it be an actual box in the forum that you could see at all times
also, while some like sounds with chat, some don't want a popping noise all the time *cough me cough* so i f you do it would it be too hard to put a sound toggle on/off switch in there?
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 11:58 Post subject:
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No chat possible feasible? We did have one previously. So convenient. Even just a link to this on the forum page would be great . . .
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=puppylinux
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tubeguy

Joined: 28 Aug 2009 Posts: 1329 Location: Park Ridge IL USA
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Posted: Sat 15 Jan 2011, 20:33 Post subject:
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Would it be topic-specific? Like if you were in the 5.2 feedback topic the chat would be about that only? If so I'm all for it. Otherwise wouldn't it just be another version of #puppylinux IRC?
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dalebednell

Joined: 12 Feb 2010 Posts: 119 Location: portugal
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Posted: Sun 20 Mar 2011, 13:52 Post subject:
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Hi what a good idea instant chat i think if it was say like facebook that mini chat a little box at the bottom of the screen great would be good.
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Makoto

Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 2095 Location: Out wandering... maybe.
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Posted: Mon 21 Mar 2011, 01:15 Post subject:
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Like a 'shoutbox,' perhaps? I haven't seen too much favorable opinion toward those, but I can't be sure.
I'd rather have a proper live-chat page, if anything. Still have to get around to actually bothering to try to learn IRC, one of these days. Maybe.
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ttuuxxx

Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 11193 Location: Ontario Canada,Sydney Australia
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Posted: Mon 21 Mar 2011, 11:37 Post subject:
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dalebednell wrote: | Hi what a good idea instant chat i think if it was say like facebook that mini chat a little box at the bottom of the screen great would be good. |
google email has that for free and nothing to install.
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