924Board.org

[asalmona]

hey what do you guys think about starting a real time chat here on the site?... mr. administrator is this possible? and if it costs money how much and what if you all pich in to help get it going... it would be nice to be able to ask questions and intstantly get answer whithout wiating... specially all you parts gurus out there when your looking for a part it would be fast to find instaed of waiting for someone to reply to your post...

just a tought...

Alex

[8trdrvr]

i think we can set up a chat off of Yahoo Groups. It could just be a link to a room there. im not really an internet goo-ru so i wouldnt know the specifics im sure theres other options... would be cool though.

[Rick MacLaren]

Or, you could just download MSN Messenger, exchange email addy's, and we're online.

I use my MSN Messenger daily for work, and have categories for Friends, Coworkers, etc.
Alternatively, you can create a 924 Chat Community on MSN. I did so for an experiment so it'll be at least prototyped. Try this:


http://communities.msn.ca/924Discussion
924Discussion@communities.msn.ca

Steps

1. Click the link
2. Join the community
3. Click Chat, and you're in.

It's quite do-able.

Either way you guys decide to go, it's a good idea.

[ This Message was edited by: Rick MacLaren on 2002-06-04 03:58 ]

[asalmona]

the prob with msn messenger is that:
a)not everyone can run it (if you are behind a firewall at work good luck!) and
b)you cant easily just broadcast a question to everyone at the same time and have them all reply righ back... you have to message each person individually...

or maybe im wrong...

Alex

[Rick MacLaren]

No you're not wrong. MSN Messenger is a personalized 'client', and that doesn't mean you necessarily have a chat room, but read above, as I edited my last message, and there's a chat room ready for you to try. I'm there now if you want to give it a whirl.

http://communities.msn.ca/924Discussion

Rick

[ This Message was edited by: Rick MacLaren on 2002-06-04 04:00 ]

[Rick MacLaren]

Yes, good idea. I'll see if I can automate it using folks here who show interest.

[asalmona]

ok i just went and signed up but now i have to wait to be approve... thats really annoying... is there any way to make it so that people dont have to be "approved" anyone can join and thats it?

Alex

[Rick MacLaren]

Whatever bugs we discover will be worked out or eliminated by the time Vaughan and those guys read this...so it'll help.

[asalmona]

ok rick we need a plan B... msn chat does not work with macintosh... and im a mac guy.. and im sure there are others on the board who are also...

Alex

[Rick MacLaren]

Hmmm.

Doesn't work on a Mac?

What fascists those MSN guys are, eh?

You still use a Mac? Are you some kind of hippie?

It crapped out on me a couple of times too.

It is MOST LIKELY Java software, it should be platform independent...nothing to do with Microsoft. That's how you can have an MSN icon appear below your posts...cause it's all in Java.

Try the process again and be sure it's not just a crap out. I experienced two of them so far and it's in part due to timeout settings and traffic on the MSN site.

[ This Message was edited by: Rick MacLaren on 2002-06-04 04:19 ]

[asalmona]

well... i've tried the one on yahoo and its got a screwy jave interface that doesnt work well with os X... so next suggestion? maybe icq? .... i use mac cuz im a tv editor and everything in my industry is pretty much mac...


alex

[Rick MacLaren]

Ah! A hippie!



Ok. Sure, another format is perfectly fine. But whatever we do it'll still likely be twitchy under some platforms. Still, Java should do the job...



[ This Message was edited by: Rick MacLaren on 2002-06-04 04:25 ]

[eturbo924]

http://www.visopsys.org/andy/babylon/applet-demo/index.html
pass word is 924org

[Rick MacLaren]

Works pretty good.

[ltgland]

works a treat