Do you like it better or worse than the old one, and why? Please vote in the poll and share your thoughts.

 

Edit: Now that we've all had a few days with the new chat system, please finalise your votes in the poll above. At the time of writing, the votes are 23 for and 11 against. Unless this changes drastically by tomorrow, then the new chat system will be staying.

 

Another feature I enabled is the ability to choose between themes for the chat. This is done by opening the list of online users, hovering over one of the icons (the "Change the chat theme" icon), and selecting the theme you want. Currently there are two themes, "Facebook Style" and "Leaf". Please vote in the poll above and let me know which you prefer.

I like it!

 

Out of curiosity, will it be affecting the mobile chat?

I don't really like it. I prefer the old system better, but if you want to keep it, I'll adapt.

It makes the member list too tall. I don't like having the avatars there. It clutters up the window. I liked the bubbly noise that the original one made. Also, if I have another window open, it tells me I have new messages on both, then when I open it on the other one, it only shows what the other person's said.

i like it the chat is on right so i don't have to move my mouse to the aaaaaaaallllllllllllllll the way to the left

 

Hasn't the chat always been on the right?

Edited November 25, 201212 yr by OthersiderME

I definitely prefer it. Would it be possible to add something to the end of the left side? Perhaps a KH13.com logo. Hahaha.

I definitely prefer it. Would it be possible to add something to the end of the left side? Perhaps a KH13.com logo. Hahaha.

 

Also that icon to click to scroll you back up to the top automatically for those long threads you don't want to scroll back up yourself.

EDIT 2: Yeah the first time I click on it on a page then it gets all buggy, but when i click on it again while being on the same page (did not refresh the page) then it works fine.

But if you refresh and/or switch to another page it happens again.

 

Also when I click on a member to talk to them it gets really buggy and almost crashes the page. Also I can't be able to talk to them because no chat box is appearing. =/

 

That's quite a strange issue. Can you tell me what browser + version you have?

 

I personally think it's alright.

• It is perfectly functional, and the pictures help to keep it more organized, minimizing confusions.
• Any bugs I experienced were exactly the same as the ones I had with the other chat anyway.

So I'd say do it.

 

 

 

Edit: Except that now, after experimenting a bit more, there are a few more funky issues. When you have it open in two different windows, it gets buggy and doesn't post everything you type in both. It kind of... splits things between the two windows.

So unless there's some way to fix that, probably stick with the old one?

 

Thanks for the detailed reply. I will have to experiment with the multi-tab issue, not sure if I can do anything about that or not.

 

I like it, seeing as it's a chat bar, and it's hard to find fault in it. My only problem is that the noise it makes when you get a message is not as prominent as the old one was, making it harder to hear it when I'm listening to music or watching videos.

 

We could change the sound back to the old one (even if we keep the new system) if enough people wanted it.

 

I like it!

 

Out of curiosity, will it be affecting the mobile chat?

 

Mobile chat isn't currently changed over to the new system yet, but once we reach a decision about what we're doing, we can easily change it over. But yes the new system supports mobile chat.

 

 

Also that icon to click to scroll you back up to the top automatically for those long threads you don't want to scroll back up yourself.

 

If we decide to keep the new system then this will be one of the first things that I add

I love it, it looks so clean and it definitely looks a bit more high-tech lol. And it doesn't send my messages over and over again like the old one did... o-o

That's quite a strange issue. Can you tell me what browser + version you have?

 

Google Chrome and version 23.0.1271.64

 

I'm using my desktop now and it works fine but I have this problem on my Macbook pro. I guess it's my laptops problem?

I've changed the chat theme to a slightly different one, where the "useless" part of the bar is transparent. You guys like this better?

 

Btw @Zola, I am unable to do anything about the messages-syncing-across-tabs problem. With that considered, are the bugs on the new one less annoying than the bugs on the old one, or not?

I like it 1% more than I dislike it. Why? Change. I'll like it more as time passes.

The new blank space is nice. However, there isn't a way to be "invisible" anymore. You can only be offline.

It's pretty cool Much more modern then the other.

I updated the first post with some new information. Please read and vote!

Looks good to me. Facebook styled is very simple and works well. Video Chat sounds cool feature as well. Not sure if I'm gonna use that too much

I tried the "Leaf" theme, but the chatbar dissapeared

 

What happened?

I tried the "Leaf" theme, but the chatbar dissapeared

 

What happened?

Not sure why that would happen. You could try clearing your browser cache with Ctrl-F5.

 

Edit: Hmm actually, something weird is happening with my Leaf too (it's loading another theme altogether). Let me see if I can fix it.

 

Edit 2: Yep, it's definitely a browser cache issue. If you manage to clear your cache then it should fix.

Not sure why that would happen. You could try clearing your browser cache with Ctrl-F5.

 

Edit: Hmm actually, something weird is happening with my Leaf too (it's loading another theme altogether). Let me see if I can fix it.

 

Edit 2: Yep, it's definitely a browser cache issue. If you manage to clear your cache then it should fix.

 

 

It works, thanks DC ^^

I guess I don't really dislike the new chat anymore. It seems a bit more like the old chat with the "leaf" theme. 

I think the new chat bar is awesome, works perfactly fine for me, and i really like the leaf. BECAUSE LEAVES ARE AWESOME.

I never use the chat bar. I shutted it down for me

Unfortunately, we might have to revert to the old chat. Details: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/44808-a-couple-of-questions-about-the-site-being-laggy/ (Please use the linked topic to discuss)

Did you ever make a final decision about the chat?

Did you ever make a final decision about the chat?

Not yet. Both are still installed and I can switch at any time.