I have installed a new chat room at http://ObjectivismOnline.com/chat/ Please try it and let me know what you think.
I have installed a new chat room at http://ObjectivismOnline.com/chat/ Please try it and let me know what you think.
One thing I think is that it can’t be found, which is presumably a temporary glitch.
One thing I think is that it can’t be found, which is presumably a temporary glitch.
There’s a “live chat” link under the top banner. Right there between Blogs and Help.
I only wonder what you (David) want the chat to be for? Why is the chat format better than the forum format? The only answer I can find is that it is faster. And I wonder if that is even an advantage.
So: What purpose does the chat have?
I must admit, I’ve never chatted before, because I always found it pointless. So I’m biased.
There’s a “live chat” link under the top banner. Right there between Blogs and Help.
I guess my comment was ambiguous. It’s not locating the link on the page, it’s getting 404’d. However, there is or was something odd there that suggests it is fixed.
It’s not locating the link on the page, it’s getting 404’d. However, there is or was something odd there that suggests it is fixed.
It worked fine when I tried it.
I showed up as Egoist10, not gags. ??
I showed up as Egoist10, not gags. ??
The chat seems to count up the egoists. You’ll have to rename yourself manually. How this works is described at the bottom of the chat page.
Thanks Felix.
Pretty cool, David … I’ll have to come back when there’s some activity. 
Pretty cool, David … I’ll have to come back when there’s some activity.
If you stay logged in (at the cost of having an extra window open) it is likely to stop other people from getting this same idea and ending up with a dead chatroom. You don’t even have to be around to chat all the time, the mere presence of other people is often enough to keep people checking in.
If you stay logged in (at the cost of having an extra window open) it is likely to stop other people from getting this same idea and ending up with a dead chatroom. You don’t even have to be around to chat all the time, the mere presence of other people is often enough to keep people checking in.
Actually, this might not be possible. I think there is an idle timeout limit.
“Users in Chatroom” is blocking my ability to click on the links at the top of the page, such as “view new posts,” which is the sole way I view this site.
I am still working on the layout. Try now.
I am still working on the layout. Try now.
It’s good: stays in its own corner, doesn’t cover up “search”. But what happens when the number of users is more than… 2?
[Ed: the answer is, it becomes illegibly dark blue, at least using my skin]
I was trying out different background colors
You can add the chat user listing you see in the top right corner to your site:
<iframe src="http://www.objectivismonline.net/chat/whois.php" height="70" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="0" width="220"></iframe>
At present the banner add partially obscures the user listing.
What resolution is your desktop?
What resolution is your desktop?
1280x1024. And now I’ve tried stretching the window to the full screen width the banner no longer obscures it.
There’s another problem though. If the user list length exceeds the size of the user list box, you cannot see all the users except by “scrolling” by highlighting and dragging downwards on the text.
That’s intentional. It looks better without the scroll bar, and I figured the important thing is to let people know that the chat room is active - to see the details, they can click on the link.
That’s intentional. It looks better without the scroll bar, and I figured the important thing is to let people know that the chat room is active - to see the details, they can click on the link.
Ok, agreed.