Fracturing the Shoutbox

[Karma]

I prefer kickballs.

[Chevalier des Poissons]

As long as you don't kick my balls, go ahead =X

[Valerian]

None of that for me.  Unless it's cricket, my uncoordinated self is staying out of it.


What I'm most curious about now, though, is how it might change the look of things.  Would both shoutboxes be visible at the same time?  Or would we have to switch from one to the other?

[Marguerite]

Soccer or rugby is my love.

-Smiles-

[Kurzyk]

I prefer kickballs.

That scares the hell out of me Karma. *laughs*

[Maeven]

What I'm most curious about now, though, is how it might change the look of things.  Would both shoutboxes be visible at the same time?  Or would we have to switch from one to the other?

I was actually wondering that myself. 

[Chevalier des Poissons]

Well, that is easy. There could be tabs, mirc-style. One would be 'open SB' and the other would be 'Members only'.

[Oniya]

^ What he said.  One of the things that new members would see on approval would be that extra tab. 

[Desan]

Hmm... so this would be like the Ellounge on IRC..

I might have to stop by the SB more often to see how well this works...

[Chevalier des Poissons]

^ What he said.  One of the things that new members would see on approval would be that extra tab.

I know, I am a genius, I always have good ideas.

Now I have to come up with some idea that makes me stop getting banned from the SB D=

[Karma]

Yeah, like the Lounge... but without the extracurricular activities.

[Haibane]

Hmm... so this would be like the Ellounge on IRC...

Which begs the (probably posed numerous times before) question, why not bin the SB and use IRC where we already have this useful non-members/members rooms distinction? And where if people want to get more-than-flirty they can go right ahead and set up a room of their own?

[Kip]

Which begs the (probably posed numerous times before) question, why not bin the SB and use IRC where we already have this useful non-members/members rooms distinction? And where if people want to get more-than-flirty they can go right ahead and set up a room of their own?

If it's up on the main page, that'd work for me - if I have to keep on going back to a separate window, I'd not follow along as well.

Part of the appeal of the SB to me is that I can look at it every time I shift in the site, not have to remember to check if conversation has moved on or not.

[Dakota]

If it's up on the main page, that'd work for me - if I have to keep on going back to a separate window, I'd not follow along as well.

Part of the appeal of the SB to me is that I can look at it every time I shift in the site, not have to remember to check if conversation has moved on or not.

agreed, having to switch back and forth is just too much of a pain in the ass

[Haibane]

It's just a second tab on your browser. Is it that much effort? Wow...

[Marguerite]

A second tab which sucks up memory on my laptop, thank you very much. IRC and SB suck sixty to seventy percent and while I am fine with a second SB, how much memory and load will it take on the site?

[Dakota]

Quite a bit, whereas we would even need a second shoutbox an extra 'room' if thats what you want to call it can be added to the existing one, its easy enough

[Ket]

Not everyone is adept at multitasking.  Also, like Marg pointed out, certain programs suck memory, especially slowing down those who have less memory in their machines to begin with.

While I like the idea of a members only SB in addition to the one we have, I'm wondering if it won't begin to limit the interaction of new people who come up there to ask questions/hang out. 

[Dakota]

I don't think that would happen ket, people would flick between them, plus since i've been here i've noticed several members that are dedicated to the 'non member area's on the forum, i'm sure they would also keep the non members sb occupied

[Karma]

I really don't think members only is the way to go... but then, following the general PG-13 rule, an R/X board would have to be hidden anyway, and have the same result. Hm.

While I wouldn't say there'd be no diminishing in the normal SB's activity, I don't think it would go dead by any means.

[Bliss]

This seems to have gotten missed in discussion...

Which begs the (probably posed numerous times before) question, why not bin the SB and use IRC where we already have this useful non-members/members rooms distinction? And where if people want to get more-than-flirty they can go right ahead and set up a room of their own?

Well, one major reason would be that the SB is something on our own servers, in our own demense, and therefor entirely under our jurisdiction, whereas the IRC, though sporting the extant functionality you mentioned, is on servers belonging to someone else - and therefore far less easy to effectively administrate.

[Haibane]

This seems to have gotten missed in discussion...

Well, one major reason would be that the SB is something on our own servers, in our own demense, and therefor entirely under our jurisdiction, whereas the IRC, though sporting the extant functionality you mentioned, is on servers belonging to someone else - and therefore far less easy to effectively administrate.

Ah. Right. Could an IRC style facility (whether browser based or IRC-client based) be added to E or are we talking silly amounts of money and/or bandwidth to do that? The layout of IRC really lends itself well to the sort environment people seem to want and gets the rude stuff off into private rooms fast.

[Kip]

It's just a second tab on your browser. Is it that much effort? Wow...

It's not an effort at all as such - easy to add to what I'm doing....

But I typically have many browser tabs and windows open - I'm often doing study, family work stuff, emailling people, etc, etc as well as socialising and RPing on E.  I like the SB primarily because I can update while working on E...  If I have to continuously jump between everything else I'm doing and IRC in a tab separate to the main site - I'm going to lose conversation and not interact very well... that's all.

[Scott]

I prefer kickballs.

You Would

[Haibane]

It's not an effort at all as such - easy to add to what I'm doing....

But I typically have many browser tabs and windows open - I'm often doing study, family work stuff, emailling people, etc, etc as well as socialising and RPing on E.  I like the SB primarily because I can update while working on E...  If I have to continuously jump between everything else I'm doing and IRC in a tab separate to the main site - I'm going to lose conversation and not interact very well... that's all.

Not wanting to sound rude at all but I have never understood this argument and I've heard it many times before when I was a mod on another forum. If you have lots of windows and tabs open and you're multitasking like an espresso-fuelled octopus in the first place, one more tab is not going to make any difference, in my view.

What I understand you are saying is that a second SB of any sort which must involve a further window, tab or panel being open is going to be rejected by you anyway?