I have visited, but not sure how to use it. Is there a thread on use?...Curt
Chat Room Use
- Thread starter CTCurt
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xlogit3k
Elite Member
What do you mean you don't know how to use it? Did you select which room you wanted to enter?
Yes, do you type into space bar at the bottom and submit? How do people know to go there? Never used one before.....Thanks Curt
new jersey andy
Elite Member
Correct, you type in the bottom bar and hit the ''enter'' key to submit.
ChunkyMonkey
Elite Member
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you need to wait for other users. The chat room is normally pretty dead. But if you wait long enough....
Visited a few times, all I hear are crickets.......
new jersey andy
Elite Member
Yeah, there are a lot of crickets in there. I try to go in every night for awhile, but its a hit or miss.
It's interesting how over the years, members begged us and begged us to install a chat room. It was popular for a couple months, and then everyone lost interest. Maybe it's just "timing" though.
We thought about getting rid of it, but some think it's nice to have, just in case you want to use it.
There's several threads in this forum of how the chat room came about.
Here's the one that started it all.
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=2912
We thought about getting rid of it, but some think it's nice to have, just in case you want to use it.
There's several threads in this forum of how the chat room came about.
Here's the one that started it all.
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=2912
Voriax
Forum Supporter
It *is* a bit hard to notice if there are people in the chat room. The button is kinda small and the number indicating how many people are in will disappear in a few...
Perhaps Vlad could make it so that the chat button changes colour when people are in chat?
Another problem is that people are impatient. Often when I'm in there I also do some mod things or just read posts etc. So I do not stare at the screen all the time. So when I check after 5 minutes or so it is not unusual to see that person popped in, said 'hi' and when he didn't get an answer within 10 seconds he left.
Voriax
Perhaps Vlad could make it so that the chat button changes colour when people are in chat?
Another problem is that people are impatient. Often when I'm in there I also do some mod things or just read posts etc. So I do not stare at the screen all the time. So when I check after 5 minutes or so it is not unusual to see that person popped in, said 'hi' and when he didn't get an answer within 10 seconds he left.
Voriax
snowdak
Elite Member
What would be nice, would be a way to invite someone to chat. There are times I would like to chat with someone, but there is now way to let them know. 
simonthesearcher
Forum Supporter
Had a nice long chat yesterday.Started off with only 2 of us and went up to 4 so it does work.like Voriax says,just be patient
