Poll: mChat, stay or go?

[matt]

Sometimes extensions can add a load to the server, and always pose a small security risk At this time, mChat doesn't seem to be a problem, but the more extensions we use, the more potential problems we might have.

Also, mChat hasn't been used in about a week. It might have been novel at first, but maybe the novelty has worn off. Do you like it? Would you miss it if it were gone? vote.

[MJuric]

I don't use it so I have no preference as to whether it stays or goes.

[DennisD]

@matt I don't see the benefit over other ways to access this forum's contents. Maybe I'm just missing something; perhaps you can 'splain it to me in short order. You know, something less than a three-part video tutorial of how to use the 3DSwamp.

[Roasted By John]

Sometimes extensions can add a load to the server, and always pose a small security risk At this time, mChat doesn't seem to be a problem, but the more extensions we use, the more potential problems we might have.

Also, mChat hasn't been used in about a week. It might have been novel at first, but maybe the novelty has worn off. Do you like it? Would you miss it if it were gone? vote.

Please don't trash it, I think it's the best thing going here, no need to do a lot of searching to see what happened when I was gone, I like to go over the "Archived Page", this supposedly displays all the activity.

I actually sent Suchit an email to see how the mChat is working, not a lot to weed through, quick glance and you can see what's happening..

My 50 Votes are - KEEP IT
If I need to cast another 50, let me know

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

I don't really have a preference as I virtually never use it simply b/c I have work to do and don't have time to be chatting w/ people.

[Roasted By John]

I don't really have a preference as I virtually never use it simply b/c I have work to do and don't have time to be chatting w/ people.

Same here, but for me it's not about the "Chat" function, it's more about a summarized visual on what has happened over the last minute, hour, day or month...

Using the mChat as a visual has saved me a lot of time, I didn't need to search every topic to see what is happening and I have my settings to "not" send me an email for every post or reply or whatever, I just look at mChat and away I go. Try it for that and you'll not wanna see it go

[Jaylin Hochstetler]

Same here, but for me it's not about the "Chat" function, it's more about a summarized visual on what has happened over the last minute, hour, day or month...

Using the mChat as a visual has saved me a lot of time, I didn't need to search every topic to see what is happening and I have my settings to "not" send me an email for every post or reply or whatever, I just look at mChat and away I go. Try it for that and you'll not wanna see it go

I don't need to search every topic b/c I follow everything from the "Unread Post" page.

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From there I can see all the topics that have a post that I haven't read yet. From there I can also click the little "go to last unread post" button which will take me to the last unread post.

[Glenn Schroeder]

I don't need to search every topic b/c I follow everything from the "Unread Post" page.
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From there I can see all the topics that have a post that I haven't read yet. From there I can also click the little "go to last unread post" button which will take me to the last unread post.
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Same here.

[SPerman]

Same here.

And you don't have to scroll through lots of "john doe has just logged in."

[AlexLachance]

I don't need to search every topic b/c I follow everything from the "Unread Post" page.
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From there I can see all the topics that have a post that I haven't read yet. From there I can also click the little "go to last unread post" button which will take me to the last unread post.
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I do the same. I occasionally go to the mChat to have a look but generally if I have something to share I'll post in in the watercooler talk thread that I kind of "stole" from John.

[mike miller]

<snip>
My 50 Votes are - KEEP IT
If I need to cast another 50, let me know

You need to install Dominion first.....

Dominion Systems - Get the votes you want

[Roasted By John]

[Ömür Tokman]

I want my chat back.
this was a very useful feature for me.
(I saw this topic today.)

[Roasted By John]

I'll second the motion @Omur

[Glenn Schroeder]

I want my chat back.
this was a very useful feature for me.
(I saw this topic today.)

I'll second the motion @Omur

It looks like the vote was 18 - 2. I'd say the motion failed to carry.

[Roasted By John]

That's not the point - the point is that it was the 18 that have no clue how to use that great feature only Omur & I used it differently, now it's a huge pain in the @$$ to figure out where and what I read or responded too. I don't have time to peruse through all kinds of read and un-read or new or whatever else.

Glad it's Friday

[matt]

I read every post, and I just use the Unread Posts. If you were using mChat to do that, that's not really what that was for, in fact I disabled that function on my computer because it cluttered up what was supposed to be there.

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You can also set up a link directly to the forum such that the unread list comes up automatically

[Roasted By John]

The point that I can't get across is how easy it was to see what happened over the last 3 days, without trying to change the Quick link selections, all you I needed to do was go to the Archive Chat Page and very quickly I could see new posts or replies to posts. It was setup as a quick Chat, and we did use it as that in the beginning, then I discovered how easy it is to use. If @matt would put it up again, then I could teach the 18 how to use it to their advantage and then we would've had 20 people crying when it disappeared.

Again, "it's not" the Chat portion, it's a summarized ultra quick view of all activity, super awesome, now it's gone - Glad It's Friday

[Roasted By John]

Do you wanna know why I'm glad it's Friday...

It'll take me all weekend to retrain my membrane to not use the archived chat next week. - Glad It's Friday

[Roasted By John]

Just like SolidWorks - remove features or add features by people that didn't know what the features are good for or how to use them in the thousands of workarounds - Super Glad It's Friday

[mike miller]

Look, mChat is/was primarily a chat page with the ability to display other useless information such as "John Doe just logged in".

I found it to be too much of a scroll-hole, incidentally, just like the 3DSwym Deep Pit of Despair and Frustration.

If you want to see the activity in threads that you participated in, go to Quick Links > Your Posts. For all new posts, just use Quick Links > Unread Posts. If you return to it, the read posts disappear so you can keep track of where you're going.

One more awesome little feature: if you've seen all the posts that interest you and there are others still unread, you can click this button to mark them all as read and remove them from the list.

[Roasted By John]

There were only two against the masses - proof you don't get either - Glad It's Friday

[MJuric]

The point that I can't get across is how easy it was to see what happened over the last 3 days, without trying to change the Quick link selections, all you I needed to do was go to the Archive Chat Page and very quickly I could see new posts or replies to posts. It was setup as a quick Chat, and we did use it as that in the beginning, then I discovered how easy it is to use. If @matt would put it up again, then I could teach the 18 how to use it to their advantage and then we would've had 20 people crying when it disappeared.

Again, "it's not" the Chat portion, it's a summarized ultra quick view of all activity, super awesome, now it's gone - Glad It's Friday

I'm all for learning something new so maybe matt can put it back up and you can show us how you use it. I stopped looking at the first time I saw "So and so logged on"...don't care, clutter, tldr.

Between "New Post" and my notifications I find it pretty easy to know what is going on.

[Roasted By John]

Today is Saturday - all is well on my end

[Ömür Tokman]

I don't know, but maybe it can be customized. For example, like an on off button on my profile.