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Instant Messaging added to CP

Rod

Rod

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Some of you will notice the new CHAT bar at the bottom of the screen - this is a new instant messaging feature I added. This is not a chatroom, rather 1 on 1 chat. Since this is a community that focuses primarily on trading, I felt this would be a useful feature. I'm currently monitoring the load on the server, and everything appears to be fine. Please note, I have the right to remove this feature at any time for any reason.

CP is the first community that I know of to implement this feature (I'm sure others will follow suit soon ;)).

Thanks,
Rod
 
Will this increase the load on my browser? Facebook chat, for a time, would drag FireFox into the pits of memory leakage hell when trying to hold 2 separate conversations?

Also, it appears you can only chat with people who are in your profile as Friends.
 
robbiex0r said:
Will this increase the load on my browser? Facebook chat, for a time, would drag FireFox into the pits of memory leakage hell when trying to hold 2 separate conversations?

Also, it appears you can only chat with people who are in your profile as Friends.
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"grateful1 friends robbiex0r"
 
Very cool idea.
Is it only for 1 on 1 or is it open for all.

Can I send message to anyone or just to my friends?
 
So far the load is fine. I talked to the developer and their working on doing everything possible to keep the load down.

This is IM, and I do not anticipate bringing back a community chatroom, as they tend to be significantly more resource intense.

Currently you can only IM people who are friends, however I'm working to tweak the software so you can IM whoever is online. Should have this implemented this weekend.

Rod
 
Would someone kindly explain how to send a message.? I can't seem to figure it out.

Doc.
 
Devil Doc said:
Would someone kindly explain how to send a message.? I can't seem to figure it out.

Doc.
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When you click on the box a list of names comes up and you just click on a name to open the messenger.

It's not working at all for me right now, though. It's not showing me any names. I assume Rod's still working out the wrinkles.
 
Thanks Rod for bringing this feature to the forum. :thumbs:
 
Devil Doc said:
Would someone kindly explain how to send a message.? I can't seem to figure it out.

Doc.
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Damn computer newbs!

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At first I thought FireFox had a glitch and was pulling my facebook chat onto the CP page!!! I like it Rod, as long as it'll not require me to add people to my friends list to chat with them.
 
Nicely done, Rod, this looks to be a fun new feature for the site! :thumbs:
 
This is such a cool feature! I look forward to testing it out. Thanks for adding it to the forum, Rod. :)
 
b.dawson said:
Devil Doc said:
Would someone kindly explain how to send a message.? I can't seem to figure it out.

Doc.
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Damn computer newbs!

:laugh:





At first I thought FireFox had a glitch and was pulling my facebook chat onto the CP page!!! I like it Rod, as long as it'll not require me to add people to my friends list to chat with them.
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I thought that same damn thing, I had Facebook open, switched to CP and was like ???. I minimized thinking it was maybe a video lag issue, pulled it back up and had a "WTH it's still there!" moment. Then I realized it was in fact CP messenger.
 
It's currently down. I'm working to make it so that you do not have to be friends with someone to chat with them. Running into some hiccups. Will have it resolved shortly.
 
Rod said:
It's currently down. I'm working to make it so that you do not have to be friends with someone to chat with them. Running into some hiccups. Will have it resolved shortly.
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Thanks Rod, because I have no friends.... :love:
 
I don't know if IM is supposed to behave this way, but I noticed if you change your status to Busy or Invisible then hide the IM bar, when you expand the bar again your status goes back to Online.
 
Messenger is now setup across the board... Have fun!
 
Thanks Rod, this rocks, so much easier then the message system.

Now I may annoy people with ease!!! :laugh:
 
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