How to use the new chatbox

[TG]

First of all, you can change the default colours, etc for the chatbox, or even disable it. Open your UserCP, and check Options.

You have the ability to delete or edit your own posts. Clicky the lil 'x' icon next to your post to delete, or double click the post to edit it. (Council can edit/delete anybody's posts).

Click the yellow ? icon for additional help.

You can '/ignore' people who annoy you.

You can send private shouts to people. Click the little pencil icon next to one of their shouts for ease of use, otherwise manually type the command.

To the top left of the chatbox, are three icons.
The top one puts you in the general channel. This is the normal channel where all the chatting happens. You can click the middle icon to view the private chats you have. NOTE WELL: If you just 'reply' like you normally would to the chatbox, it goes to the GENERAL channel where everyone can see it! You MUST use the /pm user "username" blah blah format to send it privately.

Click the bottom icon to see who's online in the chatbox. Normal forum users can't use that particular function.

Umm... the bottom right icon has a french tooltip. Oops. Guess the programmer missed it. Anyway, it means it will open up a new page/tab with a "full screen" chatbox.

[Albereth]

Let's rather not use this

[WondaWoman]

Let's ignore Alby.

[gus]

It feels very "busy", but maybe I shall get used to it. It is certainly very fancy.

[Albereth]

Did someone say something?

[Vortex]

/ignore Alby


It doesn't seem to work on the forums :(

[senorblinky]

LB - you'll learn to love it.
In the mean time, imma gonna read the manual and learn how to use it...

[Albereth]

@Blinky - they didn't ignore me. They fixed it. The prototype vanilla installation had a puny box to write in. They made that bigger.

Of course they now have to fix the fonts of the names and it'll be styling.

Not sure how effective the PM thing will be. If I want to say something in private I promise that it won't be on part of a site that quite a few people have access to.

[senorblinky]

I can't change a damn thing from my usercp... it's all still gray and tiny!

[veer477]

:hmmm: it looks kewl and new

[Albereth]

Oh - and when they get around to it perhaps they'll fix the need to scroll to the right to read stuffs - try 1024x768 res

[sss]

ya, the box is a bit long, and dont u wanna put it where the old one was, and why is it on every page?

[veer477]

man u guys complain alot :gno:

[senorblinky]

It is a bit wide indeed.
And Veer - it's out constitutional right to complain - we're South Africans, that's what we do! :rofl:

[stoke]

Can it only be on the main and i-spy page?
I don't want it on new posts-search results page as well, which is opened on a different tab and then it's refreshing on the main page and the search results page and ... :p

[gus]

Can it only be on the main and i-spy page?
I don't want it on new posts-search results page as well, which is opened on a different tab and then it's refreshing on the main page and the search results page and ... :p

I vote for that as well. I always have both the main page and a new post search page open. Shoutbox on one of them is enough. :bow:

I see it still shows up on sub-forum pages as well. It is just on individual threads that it is hidden.

[WondaWoman]

I would like it taste like chocolate if i lick my screen.

[Hoss]

hmmm, mine DOES taste like chocolate if I lick the screen

/me thinks the screen needs to be cleaned now

[Askari]

this new shoutbox is causing intermittent and short freezes on my other tabs in firefox

[Sminty]

my computer freezes when I lick the screen :(

[Askari]

Then don't lick the screen?

[rainy]

this new shoutbox is causing intermittent and short freezes on my other tabs in firefox

I have made the same observation.

[SlappY]

this new shoutbox is causing intermittent and short freezes on my other tabs in firefox

Thats what you get for using dodgy non Microsoft products.

[senorblinky]

I would like it taste like chocolate if i lick my screen.


hmmm, mine DOES taste like chocolate if I lick the screen

* HosstheBoss;74862 thinks the screen needs to be cleaned now


my computer freezes when I lick the screen :(

You guys lick the screen?
There are squashed bug bits against mine, i don't feel comfortable licking it anymore...

[stoke]

mine is still covered in snot from when I sneezed so heavily when spring arrived ... the snot is forming colonies and I don't have the heart to kill them.

[Onyx]

mine is still covered in snot from when I sneezed so heavily when spring arrived ... the snot is forming colonies and I don't have the heart to kill them.

You want me to send you some resources consisting of disinfectant and wet wipes? They should arrive in about 35.6572 hours. :D

[Askari]

I think he needs a mother, not resources.

[Voicy]

The new shoutbox makes me a saaad panda :(

hooray for old shoutbox :D