PF Chat Returns Oct 5th | All Access Full Week

[Greg Bernhardt]

Great news! PF Chat will return this coming Sunday Oct 5th! We'll kick things off with a all access chat for a full week. After that it will be for Gold members only, but we'll have our usual all access Sunday Chat Events.

Below is a preview showcasing some features. There is an option for pop out which can go full width.

To access the chat on sunday there will be a link in the header navigation between Forums and Members. There will also be a widget on the right homepage sidebar.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Anyone excited for chat to be back?

 

[StevieTNZ]

I am!

 

[Evo]

YAY FOR CHAT!

 

[fluidistic]

Oh man you bet that we're excited...! :D

 

[Delta31415]

yay i was looking for it now its coming back!

 

[DataGG]

This thread's title is a lie. The chat is not back yet, it'll be back soon =((

 

[collinsmark]

Yay!

 

[dlgoff]

Anyone excited for chat to be back?

Of course. :L:k:L

 

[TumblingDice]

Anyone excited for chat to be back?

I'm excited for a chance to learn chat!

(I didn't take the opportunity before. Reading posts just before the migration about rescuing a Jetsons theme and sounds, I missed out on something way cool.)

 

[DataGG]

Where is the chat?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Chat is back in 15min. There will be a link in the header menu.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Chat is open
https://www.physicsforums.com/chat/

There is also a link in the header nav where you can select a pop up version.

 

[Modulo2pi]

Anyone excited for chat to be back?

I'm new here so this chat feature is new to me, but none the less I am excited!
P.S. to anyone questioning the veracity of the title of this thread: you have to be pretty narrow minded to call it a lie. In fact, the philosophy behind Heisenberg's uncertainty principle allowed for complete truthfulness; and error in uncertainty allows it!

 

[DataGG]

The chat seems to be always empty nowadays ://.. I think people don't like the current chat, hence none joins.

@Greg Bernhardt, is it not possible to have an IRC channel instead? Mentors would be admins of said channel (@) and gold members could have voice (+). That way, it could be open to the entire community and gold members would have a reason to buy gold.

If you don't want the chat to steal content from the forums, then you could ban lengthy Physics/Math/W/E related questions/discussions there.

 

[StevieTNZ]

I'm always a fan of an IRC channel.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

This will be the last week all members will be able to use the chat 24/7. Starting next week it will be reserved for gold members. Then our usual Sunday chat events for everyone will be active.

 

[RonL]

Anyone excited for chat to be back?

I would be more excited if I could type fast enough to keep up with the flow of conversations:(

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Chat is now disabled for normal users. Chat will be open to all on PF Chat Sundays like before. When the chat opens you will see a notice at the top of the site telling you so. If you want 24/7 chat access please upgrade your account here https://www.physicsforums.com/account/upgrades

 

[Rocket50]

Chat is now disabled for normal users. Chat will be open to all on PF Chat Sundays like before. When the chat opens you will see a notice at the top of the site telling you so. If you want 24/7 chat access please upgrade your account here https://www.physicsforums.com/account/upgrades

I'm a Gold member and can't access chat.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I'm a Gold member and can't access chat.

Looking into it, thanks

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

ok it should be back now for gold members

 

[dlgoff]

Looking into it, thanks

ok it should be back now for gold members

Six minutes to fix. Where else could one get this kind of service? :)

 

[StevieTNZ]

Sadly not. I'm locked out again.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I'm trying to fix some wonky permissions. You should be able to get back in now.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Chat is down until the permissions can be fixed

 

[Rocket50]

Works for me now, thanks!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

It will be unstable again at some point

 

[RonL]

It will be unstable again at some point

Unstable using unstable = I'll likely never notice any problem:)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Ok I think the permissions are now correct. On Sundays the chat will be open for all. All other days it's reserved for Gold, SA, HH, Staff members.

 

[Evo]

Thanks Greg, I know this has taken more time than you expected.

 

[lpetrich]

I tried chatting at 17:39 PST, Sunday, November 9, and while I could load the page and see the others' activity, I couldn't respond. When I tried, I got:

The following error occurred:
You do not have permission to post messages

 

[lpetrich]

A possible problem: which time zone. My time of failure is Monday relative to UTC, so that may make a difference. I'm succeeding now, and it's still Sunday in UTC.

 

[lpetrich]

I was kicked off again, this time at 17:29 PST, or 0:29 UTC Monday. So its "Sunday" seems to be UTC Sunday. I should try late Saturday PST next time.

 

[Evo]

Sorry froggy, hopefully Greg will fix the time problem.

@Greg Bernhardt