Live chatroom

A place where people gather for instant chat. :D
A bit like MSN Messenger or Yahoo messnger, you make a comment or ask a Q, someone answers streight away.

 

You're talking to someone who is computer illiterate :confused: I wouldn't know a MSN Messenger from the man in the moon. Must find an idiot's guide.

 

Skype is probably the best now, you can have 5 or more talking at one time, voice talk not text, you can also use it for text. MSN messenger used to be only one to one for voice comms, don't know if it has changed.

Cheers MIKE

 

Well, I quite like the idea. So many times you're on the site for a short time, make a comment and then have to go back to it the next day. (I'm thinking of the "rant" threads.) Might be nice to post up the topic, give a specific time?/date and then anyone who's interested can "clear the decks" for that. Appreciate what you're saying, Lady. But P.M.ing only gives one persons opinion. For us peasants, living in the sticks, it's nice to get a variety of views. Webmaster, can we run a poll or something? If the idea bombs. We can always cancel it.

 

I love the idea, i could probably find a chat room host too, so its live at all times, you can just pop in and see if someone is in and have a natter, or we can form planned chat times to meet for a natter.

This has always been great for birthday evenings and such i find.

I'm biased though, come the evening i cant move due to blinking health hurties, so its good for company :D

 

Im in a chat room with a game i play, its ok if theres not many chatting, but if its busy its bedlam, too many different topics going on, it gets confusing, theres a whisper option so we can chat incognito to each other...I think GCs too buzy for a chat room, but thats just my opinion...Dee..

 

Hi ydd. That's why I suggested a specific item to chat about. Only one thread

 

hi cajary, but you know how easy it is to go off thread, we do it all the time, Its a great idea, id love to chat live :D but as i said above too buzy..Dee..

 

The other forums I use have dedicated chat rooms and they are seldom used. Most people just use the threads to chat along. Another gardening forum I use devotes a thread to 'Sunday Night Chat', the thread is then deleted a few days later and that seems a more popular way of doing it.

 

I'd still be up for a trial run with a chat room?

I'd even manage it and host it if needed!

 

Well, Wmaster we've got a mixed response. What do you think?

 

My son's who are both computer nerds (their word not mine!) use both the chat rooms and something called 'team speak'.

Chat rooms the boys think seem to take forever to have a proper conversation i.e.you type and then have to wait for others to type back to you.

Not everyone is a quick typer or knows the short cuts in words to allow them to answer faster.

Team speak although it costs around about �£5 per month (not per person) is so much better no matter who is on you can chat away to your hearts content it might get a bit busy at times as Dee says but might be ideal for slow typers.

On the other hand if nobody is on at the same time as you both options could become very lonely places indeed!
Helen.xxx.