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Live Chat

Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:49 pm
by indigolemon
For those of you who have not clicked the link yet, we are now testing live chat. It can be accessed via the link at the top.

Let us know what you think! 8-)

Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:53 pm
by nitin_s1
It works good!

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:05 am
by JayJay
God got so much to catch up on :lol: Busy all weekend, when you come back its BAM catch up time.

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:34 am
by Ammo
JayJay wrote:God got so much to catch up on :lol: Busy all weekend, when you come back its BAM catch up time.
lol i'm finding the same

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:32 pm
by sha786
In my opinion the chat takes away from what makes forums great, the ability to post something crap and then have the other person respond etc...

I think the chat would take away from it, we'll wait and see I suppose :D

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:40 pm
by Ammo
sha786 wrote:In my opinion the chat takes away from what makes forums great, the ability to post something crap and then have the other person respond etc...

I think the chat would take away from it, we'll wait and see I suppose :D
Yup, i've hardly posted all day, but been in teh chat room :oops:

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:02 pm
by Kawa
Yep, that was my fear about the chat room...

Just be aware, all conversations are logged within the database :shock:

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:10 pm
by JayJay
Kawa wrote:Yep, that was my fear about the chat room...

Just be aware, all conversations are logged within the database :shock:
Cool beans.
Ammo wrote:
sha786 wrote:In my opinion the chat takes away from what makes forums great, the ability to post something crap and then have the other person respond etc...

I think the chat would take away from it, we'll wait and see I suppose :D
Yup, i've hardly posted all day, but been in teh chat room :oops:
Saying that, it might help to keep some crap off the forum?

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:18 pm
by Ammo
true, it's like having IRC that used to work well along side a forum

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:29 am
by indigolemon
UPDATE: Live chat is now actually IRC!

This means you can use the link at the top, or the client of your choice. Join us!

Server: www.indigolemon.co.uk
Port: 6667
Room: #lg

There are several ways to get IRC up and running, but it really depends on your preferred operating system. First up, software choices:

Windows:
Trillian - http://www.trillian.im/
Pidgin - http://www.pidgin.im/
Hexchat - http://hexchat.org/

Linux:
Empathy - Likely installed, or in the software repositories
Pidgin - In the software repositories
xchat - Likely installed, or in the software repositories
irssi - My preferred option, likely installed, or in the software repositories

OS X
Adium - http://adium.im/
Colloquy - http://colloquy.info/

Any Q's, just ask 8-)