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Our new chat room is switched on
The new version of our chat room has been switched on and the chat that has been giving us good service for the last couple of years has been retired.
The quick route into the new chat is to use the “Who is online” list on the main page to select someone to talk with.
I’m putting together a set of help files just as fast as we discover ourselves how the room works. But to get you started here are a few key points:
a) The new chat is designed to be much more than a communal chat room.
It makes having a private chat with another member much easier to set up.
Think of it as a convenient alternative to swapping emails – just hop into the chat and talk straight away!b) There are two permanent rooms built into the chat.
If you want to chat with the group on-line then head over to the Radio Studio.
On the other hand if you are there to have a private chat then the best room to use is the Video Lounge.c) Launch your private chat using the “Quick private Chat” feature in the chat room.
That way it doesn’t matter if you are both in the same room. It will connect you together no matter where you are in the chat.d) The Video Lounge has … yes you guessed it… video. This is high bandwidth streaming video.
If you have a web cam on your computer then you can turn on your own video stream.
And then anyone who you are chatting in private with can ask to see your picture.(The video also has audio – but we recommend you don’t unmute the microphone unless you are both wearing headsets – the audio feedback is otherwise quite unpleasant!)
The new chat brings a host of other features which we will be documenting in the help files. One difference is that the chat with video streaming is now costing us $$$ to run – and so there is now a nominal charge associated with private chat. At launch everyone gets 1000 minutes of free private chat, and thereafter top-ups can be purchased at 6000 minutes for $10 – that is a bank breaking less than 0.2c a minute!!
Why not visit the chat room and add a new dimension to your membership of the TgR community.
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it seems a happier place now Amanda, hope the room does not drop out anymore.
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Quote:hope the room does not drop out anymore.I’ve been trying to present the positive changes in the visible part of the chat room rather than talk about the behind the scenes “engine room” stuff.
But one of my reasons for upgrading the chat was the fact that the old room, when we bought it, was positively buggy. After extensive mods (including the infamous red square) it seemed to settle down a bit – but the consequence of all those mods was the fact that I couldn’t include the bug fixes the original developers eventually made.
Looking into the bowels of the chat room it is true that they have tidied it up a lot over the past two years – so, like you, I hope the new room is a lot more robust. Certainly in the initial testing I’ve seen nothing like the connection problems we had a couple of years ago.
Fingers crossed (virtually of course)….
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One week later the new chat room is still up and running!
Over 80 members have found their way into the chat room which is a great first step.
I suspect a couple of members have had problems getting a good connection to the chat – it isn’t particularly forgiving of poor wireless links. If you do have persistent connection issues shoot me an email and I’ll see what the server logs tell us.
On a similar note, it can be difficult to get your web cam working the first time. If you want assistance email me and I’ll arrange a time to step you through the process.
See you in the chat!
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When I was in the chat room today, I thought I would click on my profile. I was amazed to discover I was from Queensland post code 4811! Is there another June? I had a look and there does not seem to be. Is this just a glitch?
The profile is as follows:
I am interested to meet with transgender friends as I think they are beautiful. I am interested to know more the needs of transgender people.
Joined: 1, May, 2013
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Quote:When I was in the chat room today, I thought I would click on my profile. I was amazed to discover I was from Queensland post code 4811!
Yes there is a glitch. It appears that the new chat room looks up the profile by name (not member number) and dredges up anything it can find from the archive.
It was pointed out to me that Caroline also ends up with a puzzling profile.
It is on my list of bugs to hunt down. I’ll let you know here when I get the to the root of the problem.
Thanks for letting me know.
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Thank you Amanda,
Hugs from June of the rapidly declining reputation (I will be bare foot in the park soon!)
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Quote:It appears that the new chat room looks up the profile by name (not member number) and dredges up anything it can find from the archive.
The problem is fixed I hope – well at least Caroline’s profile looks more up to date now.
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Quote:If you want to chat with the group on-line then head over to the Radio Studio.
On the other hand if you are there to have a private chat then the best room to use is the Video Lounge.When I reconfigured the upgraded chat room I had hoped that i could encourage those who want to chat in private to do it in their own space outside the restrictions of the site ACP (and not talk behind the backs of those in the main chat room).
Well that idea didn’t take off – so it seems we are back again to the old all-in-one chat room where people simultaneously private chat to others and perhaps also chat in public.
I can sense sometimes I’m fighting a loosing battle trying to enforce any structure on the creative flow of this web site! But in this case I think the benefits of “segregation” outweigh the inconvenience. Particularly since the main chat room has recently been used in private and public for conversations that are not in keeping with the terms and conditions agreed to on entry:
Quote:All text chat in this room (including whispered conversation) is subject to the acceptable conduct policy to be found at http://forum.tgr.net.au/acp.html.It seems that those who think from the waist down don’t have the benefit of being able to read!
So I have reconfigured the chat room today.
If you want to start a private chat you must move to the Video Lounge. (The person you want to chat to does not have to move).
I acknowledge that for a few members there is a need to explore their sexuality. Although I have no interest in private adult chat I have no issues with it (provided that it is consensual and both parties are in the video lounge – where private chat is not subject to the ACP/moderation). Similarly you can use the video chat for whatever consensual purpose you want!
However, please note that I have no tolerance for adult chat appearing in the public area of ANY room – as seen recently.
If anyone wants to find out what I mean by no tolerance then go right ahead!
