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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: TopAce on August 03, 2003, 05:14:34 pm

Title: The Who's online window
Post by: TopAce on August 03, 2003, 05:14:34 pm
I have an idea, that I hope wouldn't be a great and expensive business to do:

I think many of us like the 'Who's online' window. Wouldn't it be possible to make a chat room for those who are not browsing the forum, only waiting have their question asked?

Just for fun, I think it would be good to have a stuff like that.
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: an0n on August 03, 2003, 05:31:49 pm
..........................

Bad idea. For many reasons.
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: TopAce on August 03, 2003, 05:34:34 pm
for example?
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: Taristin on August 03, 2003, 05:43:57 pm
It's very hard to moderate a chat room. Anyone would say anything, and people would sign up as members just to start gossiping about their girl/boyfriends... :-/
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: Blue Lion on August 03, 2003, 05:47:06 pm
Why are you guys watching who's online?
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: Stealth on August 03, 2003, 07:07:38 pm
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Originally posted by Blue Lion
Why are you guys watching who's online?


why shouldn't we be.

i've always found it interesting to see who else is viewing the forums
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: an0n on August 03, 2003, 07:09:04 pm
Why don't you just go sit in #nodewar in mIRC and watch the Who's Online in IE. Much simpler.
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: Blue Lion on August 03, 2003, 07:13:52 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth


why shouldn't we be.

i've always found it interesting to see who else is viewing the forums


Because instead of looking at who else is posting, you could be posting yourself? I dunno, maybe I'm just odd.
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 03, 2003, 07:36:22 pm
Well it's useful to find out who, if anyone, is viewing a thread you've just started.
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: Kamikaze on August 03, 2003, 08:18:34 pm
It'd be rather easy to implement, but pointless. The board is basically a slow chat. BTW: why the who's online in particular?
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: TopAce on August 04, 2003, 05:11:59 am
because it came to my mind first as where a chat room would be good, at forums, you can write anywhere and anywho you want.
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: Sandwich on August 04, 2003, 06:45:09 am
The board is, like Kamikazie said, a slow chat, but with one important factor: past posts are viewable.

This feature by itself is why forums are so much more cohesive a place to communicate than chat rooms are.
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: an0n on August 04, 2003, 11:10:45 am
Hey! #nodewar is very cohesive.

We've assimulatized the WS IRC people, as well as having the normal NW rabble.
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: Sandwich on August 04, 2003, 01:02:18 pm
Yeah, but anyone who joins the channel can't get any sort of feel for the history of the place, now can he? :doubt:
Title: The Who's online window
Post by: J.F.K. on August 06, 2003, 05:58:06 am
Both have their uses, but it seems to me that in a place which is fairly slow by necessity (members scattered throughout time zones), a more 'concrete' type forum is more suitable. I'd stick with this and just keep ICQ or Trillian open, seems workable to me. :)