What are the details for PF Chat Days?

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A weekly chat day is being reintroduced for all members of Physics Forums, starting on Sunday, February 3rd, from 10 AM to 4 PM Central Time. The chat will feature both a general and a science-specific room, accessible via a link on the homepage. Participants will need to have Flash enabled in their browsers to join the chat. The event aims to encourage community interaction, especially during the Super Bowl, with discussions about snacks and personal experiences with chat technologies. Staff will have moderation powers to manage the chat effectively, ensuring a smooth experience for all attendees.
  • #51
Astronuc said:
There is a font color palette just above the text box on the bottom underneath the chatroom. To the right is the Room list.

Background can be adjusted using Options > Theme, and that resets the font color to default.

Avatars are available for the Chat and Room list. Use Options > Effects, select an Avatar, and make sure the two boxes on the left are checked. Top one isn't, but the bottom one is by default.

What happens if Avatars are picked by more than one person? or is this prevented in some way?
 
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  • #52
Chat is now open
https://www.physicsforums.com/chat/index.html

If you aren't automaticly logged into the chat, login using your normal PF username/password.
 
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  • #53
RonL said:
What happens if Avatars are picked by more than one person? or is this prevented in some way?
There is a limited number of Avatars, so there will very likely members with the same Avatar.
 
  • #54
Combined with a multitude of text colours there shouldn't be too much confusion.
 
  • #55
It's amazing, the sense of closeness with people you have never met.
 
  • #56
my computer is locking up after a few minutes in the chat room--something about script using too much resources--oh well
 
  • #57
The flash is a bit resource intensive.
 
  • #58
The flash chat is using too much resources on my computer. It locks up whenever I try to enter a chat room. None of the buttons are working. I can't even type and send text. Its pretty funny too, when firefox starts up, the amount of memory it uses is about 25MB (google loaded), but with the chat loaded it goes up to 50MB! I usually quit the fox with anything above 70MB, after which it become sluggish.

Oh well, I guess no chat for me :(
 
  • #59
Alas, all good things come to an end. That was fun! Tune in next week folks!
 
  • #60
Well, that was really fun!

Thanks to everyone that joined and let's give a big THANK YOU to Greg for going to the trouble of setting this up!
 
  • #61
I forgot my umbrella, let me back in!
 
  • #62
Marlon kept getting back in after time was up. I only know because I also kept going back to make sure everyone was out. Really. That's the only reason I did that.
 
  • #63
yea that was pretty neat. and informative about the $$ side of science.
 
  • #64
Take down the sign. The shop is closed.
 
  • #65
out of whack said:
Marlon kept getting back in after time was up. I only know because I also kept going back to make sure everyone was out. Really. That's the only reason I did that.

Hey, what the ...I BEAT THE SYSTEM !
Anyways, there were other people as well but you don't see me calling any names.

LAME man


I love the chat, see ya'll next week
 
  • #66
Yes thank you Greg. Very good to interact in a new way.
 
  • #67
I guess I'll go back to getting actual work done again. :frown:
 
  • #68
marlon said:
Hey, what the ...I BEAT THE SYSTEM !
Fight the power! Now we need to organize for next week. We can prevail! The room will NEVER close. Mwhaa-ha-ha!
 
  • #69
I'm back! I suppose the universe will end in the same way...
 
  • #70
marlon said:
Hey, what the ...I BEAT THE SYSTEM !
Anyways, there were other people as well but you don't see me calling any names.

LAME manI love the chat, see ya'll next week

Woah, one up from a punk. You didn't smash the system you beat it. Is this weekly then? If so see you next week!
 
  • #71
out of whack said:
Fight the power! Now we need to organize for next week. We can prevail! The room will NEVER close. Mwhaa-ha-ha!
EXACTLY !

_Mayday_ said:
Woah, one up from a punk. You didn't smash the system you beat it.


Is this weekly then? If so see you next week!
Sorry, and you are ... ?

marlon
 
  • #72
Thanks re CHAT

CHAT worked perfectly on my Mac. I see it being a very helpful tool in my line of learning. Thanks to Greg, and all.
 
  • #73
It was slower for me and it eventually fell behind the messages. Whenever I typed something, it took 2 minutes to see it.

I have a really old browser though. That might not help.
 
  • #74
JasonRox said:
It was slower for me and it eventually fell behind the messages. Whenever I typed something, it took 2 minutes to see it.

I have a really old browser though. That might not help.

It wasn't your browser. I don't know when you were on, but the server and DB took quite a hit in early afternoon. A backup that wasn't supposed to be running then decided to run anyway, and we all had a rather slow experience.

Consider today the test run. I think Greg's going to tweak some stuff to optimize performance based on today's stats.
 
  • #75
JasonRox said:
It was slower for me and it eventually fell behind the messages. Whenever I typed something, it took 2 minutes to see it.

You're not alone. There were several of us who had similar problems. I kept trying and I eventually got acceptable results in like the last hour of chat time. Although, there was about a 5 second lag with keystroke and mouse response. Whenever someone entered the room or left the room (a sound would play), this just made my session unresponsive for about 10 seconds.
 
  • #76
JasonRox said:
It was slower for me and it eventually fell behind the messages. Whenever I typed something, it took 2 minutes to see it.

I have a really old browser though. That might not help.

That happened to me as well. Let Greg work his magic. I'm sure it'll get much better, and that's saying something, considering it was pretty cool already!:approve:
 
  • #77
One could turn the sounds off. That might have helped many people that were experiencing problems.
 
  • #78
ranger said:
Whenever someone entered the room or left the room (a sound would play), this just made my session unresponsive for about 10 seconds.
If nicky keeps opening and closing the door constantly, next time she's getting locked out! :biggrin: I noticed that too, that someone entering or exiting briefly slowed everything.
 
  • #79
I think if Gred killed the chat logging it would help a bunch. I'm sure the DB is having to create a new record and instance everytime someone comes in or out.
 
  • #80
Ronnin said:
I think if Gred killed the chat logging it would help a bunch. I'm sure the DB is having to create a new record and instance everytime someone comes in or out.

Messages are stored in the db whether they are "logged" or not. How would you know what others typed if they weren't stored somewhere?

You can turn the sound off in the options menu.
 
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  • #81
Evo said:
Well, that was really fun!

Thanks to everyone that joined and let's give a big THANK YOU to Greg for going to the trouble of setting this up!
Ditto! Thanks Greg for the time and effort.

And thanks to the participants.

See ya'll next time.
 
  • #82
Not all chats depend on a DB. The just listen on a port and respond by sending that data to all the clients connected. There is no need for persistence in a chat. The database functions to retrieve user data. I am ignorant to how the vbulletin one is written.
 
  • #83
Ronnin said:
Not all chats depend on a DB. The just listen on a port and respond by sending that data to all the clients connected. There is no need for persistence in a chat. The database functions to retrieve user data. I am ignorant to how the vbulletin one is written.

Well the development version of the chat software includes full and partial caching, to reduce (or eliminate, in the case of full caching) database load. hopefully it will be released soon.
 
  • #84
Greg Bernhardt said:
Well the development version of the chat software includes full and partial caching, to reduce (or eliminate, in the case of full caching) database load. hopefully it will be released soon.

In any case, thanks for letting us crash at your place for a few hours. I salute you sir.
 
  • #85
I thought that was very fun (mainly because I'm a fast typer :biggrin:). The chat will be back this Sunday correct?
 
  • #86
Yes, it will.
 

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