Hi, I've been testing your module on one of my friends forum, and people are really happy with it, as it's just dead easy to use. This block is just in the sidebar, and everyone can just type in... and the beauty of it is that they can still keep browsing the website..
Anyway, the only big request I had is that the admin could choose to have a little sound effect when a new message is posted, because it happend 99% of the time that people try to speak to other connected users, but the users don't notice that someone is chatting with them.. It could be a visual effect also, and I guess, could be deactivated per user in case two people are talking while another one is browsing and don't want to be pinged with these messages.

thanks :)

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dwees commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

This script is written entirely using JavaScript, Php, and MySQL. In order to introduce sounds, I would have to add some kind of Flash to the mix, which would greatly increase the complexity of this module.

Sorry, not going to happen. Unless someone wants to help me figure out how to port the whole thing to Flash?

Dave

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Ok, if not sound (and after thinking about it, it might be too much work for something a bit anyoing...), maybe a visual alert ? a mini 'new icon' that would just pop out for few seconds ?

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dwees commented

A visual alert isn't a bad idea. Something like what Gmail does.

However one small issue with this is that the script would have to keep track of what was new and what wasn't for each user. I could easily set it up so that if a message showed up via ajax that a message popped up to let you know but you only really want that message if the person isn't actively chatting and that increases the complexity of the task.

I think that someone else will have to create a patch for this as I am very busy however.

Dave