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shout box? what in tarnation???
« on: April 21, 2006, 04:48:20 PM »
Greetings, Salutations, &c.

I've seen more than one comment so far that the 'shout box' is an annoying feature.  :)

If that's the general consensus, I can surely remove it.

Additional feedback would be appreciated.

My initial hope was that it would function as sort of a real-time chat box, for users currently logged into the forums, kind of like IRC.  But due to technical limitations of the current implementation, it's a bit far from an actual live chat window.

So... I don't know what it is, exactly.  It's not really a forums thread... it's not really a chat window... what in blazes is it?  Beats me.  Let me know what you think, and whether it should stay or go, or how it could be improved.

Thanks!

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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2006, 04:53:25 PM »
Instead of vertical maybe you could try horizontal, with 3 rows of shouts.

That would remove the void it generates.

Just my suggestion. Kepp doin' what you're doin'  :thumbsup:
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2006, 05:00:38 PM »
let it scroll, baby
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2006, 05:02:34 PM »
it's good console, keep it :D
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2006, 07:22:14 PM »
to tell u the truth... it just feels out of place.  :bigcry:
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2006, 08:12:06 PM »
I'm using Firefox/1.5.0.2 and I seem to only be able to successfully get a shout out after logging out then logging back in.  :?
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2006, 09:01:31 PM »
its cool but it keep resetting everytime  and doesnt fully scroll to the bottom.. dunno im using firefox
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2006, 02:57:56 AM »
I'm using Firefox/1.5.0.2 and I seem to only be able to successfully get a shout out after logging out then logging back in.  :?

Ya me too sigma, I find just re-typing the message 2 or 3 times usually gets it up.
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2006, 03:40:59 AM »
yo console, wtf!

im using another skin for this foum, and the shitbox aint showin.

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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2006, 03:58:56 AM »
it's not so much that it's annoying to me, it's just that it's too big

it doesn't really fit where it is

cool idea though ;D
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2006, 05:07:27 AM »
see, i use this skin, and the shitbox doesnt appear.
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2006, 06:06:58 AM »
I <3 shout box. Its great. Yeah scolling messages could be cool.

P.S: firefox is gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :bananaw00t:  :bananaw00t:  :bananaw00t:  :bananaw00t:
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2006, 11:10:55 AM »
I'm using Firefox/1.5.0.2 and I seem to only be able to successfully get a shout out after logging out then logging back in.  :?

Ya me too sigma, I find just re-typing the message 2 or 3 times usually gets it up.

Hmmm.. I'm using Firefox/1.5.0.2 also.  I encountered that 'logging out/in' problem the first time I tried the shoutbox, but since then it's worked OK for me.   :?

Strange . . .
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Re: shout box? what in tarnation???
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2006, 11:16:28 AM »
it's not so much that it's annoying to me, it's just that it's too big

What screen res. do you use?  :D

What might be a better place to move it to?

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« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2006, 11:23:55 AM »
What screen res. do you use? :D

1280 x 1024

What might be a better place to move it to?

I'm really not sure I have an answer to that, ot even if it needs to be moved, I just think that it could be a little smaller, kinda like the space saving ones they have on phpnuke clan websites you know, something thats not off setting the forums header spacing as much
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