Thread: Chat Room Text Size

I was in the chat room earlier, and I've always had trouble reading the small (13-point) text in there - anyhoo, after wading around in the options, I found where to change the text size (I went with 16) - but when I went back to the chat window, it didn't display the last lines of text - i.e. - when John would enter something, I would hear the tone that new text had been entered, but the text wouldn't scroll down.

Is this a chat problem/feature, or should I add it to my already humongous list of 'personal' problems?

(my wife says I came with more luggage than a 747 - I thought that was pretty rude!)

-whatever

-Lou

Originally Posted by scarface

I was in the chat room earlier, and I've always had trouble reading the small (13-point) text in there - anyhoo, after wading around in the options, I found where to change the text size (I went with 16) - but when I went back to the chat window, it didn't display the last lines of text - i.e. - when John would enter something, I would hear the tone that new text had been entered, but the text wouldn't scroll down.

Is this a chat problem/feature, or should I add it to my already humongous list of 'personal' problems?

(my wife says I came with more luggage than a 747 - I thought that was pretty rude!)

-whatever

-Lou

This appears to be mostly a problem when using IE7. IE7 isn't up to snuff quality wise yet. Firefox works as it should.

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-Lou

On a semi-related topic, do we have a list of "chat-iquette" rules? I'm new to the whole chat thing and the last couple of times I used it I found I was talking over people, or interrupting ongoing conversations, or commenting on things that happened 50 posts ago ... (might not be a problem if I could type faster, I guess). I don't want to annoy people more than I already do ...

Or is this general info I can find on the net? Might take a look anyway.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

On a semi-related topic, do we have a list of "chat-iquette" rules? I'm new to the whole chat thing and the last couple of times I used it I found I was talking over people, or interrupting ongoing conversations, or commenting on things that happened 50 posts ago ... (might not be a problem if I could type faster, I guess). I don't want to annoy people more than I already do ...

Or is this general info I can find on the net? Might take a look anyway.

James.

Breaker 1-9

Originally Posted by Jimbo

do we have a list of "chat-iquette" rules?

James.

Conduct in the chat has always been very gentlemanly... as long as that continues, no rules seem necessary. I do recall a year or so back we had a member who lost his self control in chat and started saying mean spirited things and using inappropriate language... he was banned.

Procedurally, it's free range... again, not usually a problem, so no rules seem needed. I do know what you mean, though... gets tough when there are more than 2-3 threads of conversation occurring simultaneously. FWIW, when that happens I find it helpful to direct messages to a particular participant... eg,

jim - when did you get that razor?
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joe - got it from lynn a couple weeks ago, lol
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jim - did it come shave ready?

just my $.02

Right - thanks Joe. I did notice Ilija directing his converstions as you mentioned. I'll give it a go.

James.

You know, during my last couple of forays into the Sunday nite chat I have noticed the same thing - I lot of good information flying back and forth, but a little difficult to follow - not bad if there's just a few people, but more than about 3 or 4 simultaneous conversations and it gets a little 'noisy' - Ive thought about opening a separate chatroom inside the main chat, say, for 'Razor Restoration' - but didnt know if that would be good form or not.





...you know me....always worried about form!


-whatever

-Lou

Originally Posted by azjoe

... no rules seem necessary....

Procedurally, it's free range... so no rules seem needed.

NO RULES?!!????....I'M SORRY, SON, BUT THAT DOG JUST WON'T HUNT.

THIS IS NOT WHAT AL GORE HAD IN MIND WHEN HE INVENTED THE INTERNET.

NO RULES!!.....WE'LL GET THAT SORTED OUT BUT PRONTO!

-WHATEVER

-SGT. MAX

Would be nice if members in the EU would make a slot for chat
Does IRC key combos work in the net chat, like; type p then tab, up comes PuFF. That is if the person is in channel ???