Chat Revisited
 

Okay - it looks like for the new website, we'll have to get a new chat system. I'm going to post several different chat demos in this thread - I'd appreciate it if folks could try and use these chats, and see what happens, and which ones you prefer. Keep in mind that these chat systems will automatically logged in with your user name when it's integrated into the Aural Moon site in the end.

When you describe if the chat works, or doesn't, please list your:

computer type & speed
internet connection type
web browser

Thanks for the help! Also, if you find a chat system out there that you'd think we'd like to use, post it here!

Avian

first one to try out
 

Try:

FlashChat (Flash must be installed). Username: Guest Pass: Guest

There are other chats that aren't out there yet. I'll post a link to that soon once they're stable.

I'm probably being dumb but.....
 

Tried Flashchat and was told that user called Guest was already logged in........... :(

PC Pentium( R ) 4 CPU 3.00Ghz (Using MS Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2)
2.99 Ghx 1Gb Ram

1 mg Broadband

AOL

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Tried again after poda left. Seems very similar to one we used to have on the home Page a while back.

that didn't get to many fans among the morning crew I seem to remember. I thought it was OK though.........but then I'm English and use a PC ;)

flash chat
 

macintosh G4, OS 10.3.9, firefox 1.0.4 browser. DSL line i believe.

seems to work fine, however i was there by myself. :D

Windows XP Professional.........Pentium 4..........3.2........2 gig RAM.....Right now.......extremely varied broadband. Works well, no problem logging in but as with Poda........all by myself.

Forgot my browser........:aua: Mozilla/Firefox at the moment.

I clicked on the link, and was there with aaa and punkais....i knew neither. i asked "where am I" and one said "in a chat room". Then they left. Quite strange.

I have windows xp.

Re: Chat Revisited
 

Seemed to work great and looks way better than white room. However, I was alone, and I don't like the various noises and buzzers - distracts from the music. I didn't check but if the sounds can be turned off - it's got my vote.

Cable modem, IE, Dell Dimension 8200. I have no idea about my speed or even how to find out :dunno:

Re: first one to try out
 

This works nicely Avian. You can customise the font size which is nice for those of us that have been around since the early days of rock-n-roll. ;)

My only concern is that it is Flash... very CPU intensive.

Flashchat - it seems to use a littel CPU intensive, but on my little 1 GHz PC, it was OK. It's a memory hog, that's for sure. We'll have to test it again to be sure.

Try this one - it looks a lot like SP Chat:

X7 Chat

Re: Re: first one to try out
 

I just tried it out on my 333 MHz P2 (broadband, IE). All of my actions had about a 3 second delay. I rarely use the chat, so I personally don't care, but some people using similarly ancient machines might find it a bit sluggish.

Re: Re: Re: first one to try out
 

Hey Bob!


Good lord! 333 MHz P2? Well, I think around 1 GHz P5/AMD is probably the "base" system that I'll go with - that's just too old to try and gear it towards.

What browser are you using, pray tell? I can't believe Flash even runs on your machine.

Re: Re: Re: Re: first one to try out
 

Internet Explorer 6. I can get by alright on most flash websites provided they don't try anything too fancy. I agree that my system is probably too old to gear towards.

FLASH
 

Flash - Bang

Got in OK but did something so the whole page zoomed in and I had get difficulty in seeing the panel on the right.

Has advantages over SP chat but lacks the nickname possibility

Feels like the old chat on the website and I wonder if it's stable

Don't bother if its CPU hungry - not worth it

The day Vax has no reservations about anything I'll have a heart attack and drop dead.

I have a XP 3 Ghz machine with 1 Giga RAM running XP and Explorer

I like this because it's lean... and it works with Safari... unlike SPChat.

Re: FLASH
 

Gigaherts Schmigahertz... clock speed doesn't mean squat.

However, I would rather have my CPU chugging cycles on something useful instead of the braindamaged idle loops in the Flash engine clock and event scheduler.

I prefer X7 to Flash.
I like very much simplicity and climate of current SPC and IMHO some very modern looking chats may have technology but miss that old atmo of AM White Room.
Presence of this is for me the criterion number 1.

Sempron 2800+, 512 RAM, 640 kb broadband, Avant Browser.

flash is nice...
 

but the x7 simpler.


my 2¢
O_o

I prefer the black box, I like to see who's around etc. The white is ok...I'm sure you'll pick the right one.

One thing I'm looking into is combining the white and black room, if it's possible. Have this sitting in one pane on the main page that would be the main chatroom. I know people have done this with FlashChat, but I don't think it's a good idea to having to download the flash app and have CPU cycles running right on the main page. I dunno. Maybe it's possible with the X7, too.