[Q] Forum chat room

[Sonic Design]

why isnt there a chatroom feature directly connected to the forums? that XAT one sorry to say is really crapy. www.omniahub.com/forum has a pretty nice one and its intergrated into the forums and its from AJAX Chat, the XDA admin can pick it up at https://blueimp.net/ajax/

 

[JimmyMcGee]

This is a forum site. We prefer the Forum Structure. I doubt you will see built in Chat room on XDA. There are, however, unofficial IRC chat rooms that a lot of XDA members spend time on.

 

[pulser_g2]

On a forum, the information is here for good, for others to refer to.

On a live chat system, the information is lost after a few minutes (normally)

 

[Sonic Design]

On a forum, the information is here for good, for others to refer to.

On a live chat system, the information is lost after a few minutes (normally)

but a chat wouldnt just be for information, it would be used for feed back etc.. its like oh you need help asap with your phone, 10 other people are in the chat, say 2 of them have the "knowledge" to help and can right then and there, i just think adding a chat for members to discuss through aside from the forums is a good idea. and i can bet if one was added it would be used religiously.

 

[JimmyMcGee]

Once again, There are already unofficial Chat rooms for the examples you are talking about. #xda-devs on Freenode IRC. You don't even need to have an IRC client, there are Web based Clients people could use.

 

[Skellyyy]

I personally think it'd be a good idea for people to just talk. Not necessarily about help with your phone but just basic chat. It brings a more community-like atmosphere to forums. Although I see how it could get a bit messy seeing as the amount of traffic that passes through XDA everyday.

 

[cortexA9]

I'd like to have a forum chat.. maybe in the main page of the forum..