 February 20, 2008 - 5:43pm | Hm.... that's a neat idea. I already have content which automatically updates once every few minutes. I could integrate an invite into that cycle perhaps. I'd have to think about how best to implement it. 3. We wear sungoggles during the day. Not because the sun affects our
vision, but when you're cool like us the sun shines all the time. |
 February 20, 2008 - 8:02pm | Currenlty users are using PM's to invite others to chat. Example: Subject: Got to time to chat? While browsing the site you will see a red one next to your "Messages" link. Corjay, I don't see you in chat much...are you thinking of joining us? :-) |
February 20, 2008 - 8:50pm | I was thinking of a more "touch of a button" style of asking a particular person to chat. I only use chat when there is someone I want to talk to about a particular subject in a way that can get more done in a short time. I already know that my presence is a downer to several members and a few members are downers to me, so I almost never chat just to chat. |
February 20, 2008 - 8:59pm | I was thinking of a more "touch of a button" style of asking a particular person to chat. I only use chat when there is someone I want to talk to about a particular subject in a way that can get more done in a short time. I already know that my presence is a downer to several members and a few members are downers to me, so I almost never chat just to chat. I'm down with that!  ;-) |
February 22, 2008 - 5:45am | Okay - how about this... I can provide a simple option in the buddylist through the popup menu (you know: Buddylist->Username->Invite to Chat). That person would simply receive a small message at the top of his screen every time he gets a page refresh informing him that "CleanCutRogue is inviting you to chat. Accept or Decline". Clicking Accept will simply open the chat application. Declining will send a top-of-screen message that says "Username has declined your chat request." Currently, I have no way to make that chat request dynamic. The top of the screen is not a dynamic portion of the website, and I'm not going to start the habit of having dynamic popup messages (quite annoying to most, and many people have security preventing it and would never see it). So it will have to happen on the next page request. Alternatively, I could simply use the existing PM system... but some people have PMing turned off (more folks than you'd think). Hm... I'll probably have to come up with a way to turn off Chat Requests too.... grr. 3. We wear sungoggles during the day. Not because the sun affects our
vision, but when you're cool like us the sun shines all the time. |
February 22, 2008 - 2:35pm | That should do fine. :) I guess it also makes it more convenient for the person receiving it. If they're switching pages, it means their done with whatever they were in middle of before receiving the request. Though it also means they might not receive it for a while. |
February 22, 2008 - 8:07pm | It could be annoying as well. Just a thought... |
March 2, 2008 - 5:44pm | If you use the fancy popup menu, you can now send a chat invite to anyone in your buddy list. You can only do this to people in your buddy list. When it's sent, the recipient sees an invite at the top of his screen, but it's only seen upon page refresh. If he stays on one screen not doing anything, he'll never see it. But that's fine really -- if he isn't doing anything on the site, he doesn't want to! :-) When you see a chat invite, click "Accept" or "Decline" and the web page will respond accordingly (Accept will open the chat window normally, while Decline simply makes the popup go away). If you invite someone, then go offline, your invite expires. If you invite someone who's already in chat, the site ignores your request. 3. We wear sungoggles during the day. Not because the sun affects our
vision, but when you're cool like us the sun shines all the time. |
March 2, 2008 - 6:03pm | Thanks, Bill.  By the way, did you get the expiration part resolved? |
March 2, 2008 - 6:05pm | Also, have you considered having it inform the sender in some way if the message is declined? That could help save the sender time in some circumstances. |
March 3, 2008 - 9:07pm | Yeah, I got it figured out. If I invite you to chat, the invitation goes away if 1) I go offline, 2) You go offline, 3) you decline chat, 4) you accept chat, or 5) you enter chat on your own or are already in chat when I invite ya. Seems like that should cover all situations I could think of. Hm... I didn't think of giving notification. I guess I could have an automated PM get sent to you on declination, that would be simplest? 3. We wear sungoggles during the day. Not because the sun affects our
vision, but when you're cool like us the sun shines all the time. |
