Too Much Coffee

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:28 pm**

Hey, i was wondering... is there any way we could chat realtime on the forum...?
Since it sometimes (like now) happens that a couple of members are online simultaniously, it might be fun to chat live with each other... Especially when we are in a humorous mood, like gouezeri today...
Just an idea...
Jo2

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:47 pm**

We used to have a TMC chat room as part of the site. No-one used it. For that reason I didn't bother re-installing the software when we moved to the current server.

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:11 pm**

ok... that makes sense...

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:56 pm**

Jo, I love writing, but I am too shy for chatting. (can't edit nonsense :-D

) And then I always wanna have the last word, so I hardly stop - and then I spend more time in the forum then I usually wanted.... so for me chatting is dangerous >lol<

greetings
joey

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:22 pm**

can you even imagine what my ramblings on dosers and wooden mallets would be like in real time... Phil has a bad enough job putting up with all my emails already! ;-)

That said, we all have the ability already to publish our IM details...
D

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:42 pm**

gouezeri wrote:can you even imagine what my ramblings on dosers and wooden mallets would be like in real time...
D

Oh my gawd! I can imagine ;-)

Please Phil - don't open that chatroom :shock:

Joey
>just kidding<

*peace*

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:47 pm**

Be afraid, be very afraid... now you know why I didn't post a before coffee morning pic ;-)

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:07 pm**

... if you do you get a coffee, too, he, he
(that's worth it - now I am curious)

Posted: **Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:00 am**

Dom wrote:That said, we all have the ability already to publish our IM details...

Exactly. Probably a better solution for us than a dedicated TMC chat room IMO.

Of course, if enough people disagree then I'll put the facility back. But I'm not keen personally. It was a hassle from a user's point of view as it kept getting swatted by people's pop-up blockers and I spent quite a bit of time on technical support.

Posted: **Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:20 am**

Running live chat rooms is a major hassle (did it years back) and would require quite a lot of work from Phil, plus there's always the increased risk of spam etc. There are plenty of Instant Messaging networks and software which allow conferencing (more than one user in the same "room") as well.
D

Posted: **Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:59 am**

sounds fair enough... since i just joined a month or so ago... i did not know the previous TMC system had a chatbox... it was just an idea... no hard feelings... ;-)

Posted: **Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:20 am**

No worries Jo - we're always interested in feedback so thanks for taking the time.

Posted: **Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:41 am**

Ah yes, now Phil, I had a few ideas....
Phil...?
Why are you running away...?
What did I say...?
Come back....
;-)

Too Much Coffee

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