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Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by RangerJoe, Aug 2, 2011.

  1. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    so we don't need a password, just our username?
     
  2. Strange Famous

    Strange Famous it depends on who is looking...

    Location:
    Ipswich, UK
    signed on, dont get it.
     
  3. amonkie

    amonkie Very Tilted

    Location:
    Windy City
    If everyone could help staff out in trying to decide our future options here:

    If you have a preference for one or the other, what is it you like or don't like?

    Its been a little difficult to gauge what specific things are drawing folks one way or the other. If we had that information we might be able to keep looking for another alternative that combines the best of all worlds, or else have to see what can be the closest fit and go with that, even though it won't be perfect.
     
  4. Japchae

    Japchae Very Tilted

    What's difficult about the icanhazaccesstocrappychat is that there is a ton of text when you first log in, I haven't seen any history of who was in or not in recently, and the backgrounds are really, really annoying. I find it rather user-unfriendly as it often won't sign me out when I close the window. It does, however, tell everyone that I'm an administrator, which makes me laugh. I'm okay with tiny chat, now that I've seen the alternatives.
     
  5. amonkie

    amonkie Very Tilted

    Location:
    Windy City
  6. Speed_Gibson

    Speed_Gibson Hacking the Gibson

    Location:
    Wolf 359
    I prefer the old one, the new one looks like it was made for those young whippersnappers going to Junior High or High School now - the kids that post Facebook updates in class on their fancy smartphones rather than listen to the teacher.

    *checks driver license to see just how close I am to the profile age of 109*
     
  7. DamnitAll

    DamnitAll Wait... what?

    Location:
    Central MD
    Agree with other posters about icanhaz's unfriendly, cluttered and overly busy user interface. I'm fine with the /prochatrooms option, though to this day I haven't been able to get my webcam to broadcast from in there. I think that's my problem, though.
     
  8. cj2112

    cj2112 Slightly Tilted

    I couldn't get my webcam to work in prochat using firefox, I ended up using chrome. However I prefer pro-chat to icanhaschat...just seems cleaner and more user friendly.
     
  9. cj2112

    cj2112 Slightly Tilted

    I take that back. prochat doesn't like chrome, it rocks w/ firefox

    I'm in prochat now!
     
  10. LoganSnake

    LoganSnake Vertical

    Location:
    Chicago, IL
    Whichever chat actually has people in it is fine with me.
     
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  11. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Hmm, that would be "None of the Above" given my experience for the last three weeks.

    But that's my fault.
     
  12. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    Once I'm back stateside and have time I will change it so that it is like the 4.0 version. You'll log onto TFP and click chat and it just opens with your username information.
     
  13. amonkie

    amonkie Very Tilted

    Location:
    Windy City
    In case you haven't noticed, the main CHAT icon now directs you back to our previously used chat software program (Prochat).

    Goodbye ICANHAZCREEPY TEENAGER HARRY POTTER!
     
  14. arkana

    arkana Very Tilted

    Location:
    canada
    Awesome. I'm glad we're back to prochat (or at least out of ICANHAZ)
     
  15. lionrock

    lionrock Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Out here
    Friday night and no one is here. I guess responsible sleep is in the cards for me.
     
  16. Cdwonderful

    Cdwonderful Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Campbell, OH
    I like the chat
    they could use new magazines in the waiting room
     
  17. Innocentmiss

    Innocentmiss Getting Tilted

    It has just occurred to me, (as I logged into chat and found lordeden) that who we say we are on chat may not be who we are! If that makes any sense? It allows you to log on as a guest........so you could use anybody's tfp name and pretend to be them! (Although in this case lordeden is online on tfp)
     
  18. the_jazz

    the_jazz Accused old lady puncher

    That will get you a vacation from TFP if the staff figures it out.
     
  19. Innocentmiss

    Innocentmiss Getting Tilted

    I wasn't meaning that was what I was doing, I was just saying. My first reaction to being asked for a chat user name was to type my normal chat name in rather than my tfp name, not intentionally, just through habit. I did however log on with my tfp name.
     
  20. the_jazz

    the_jazz Accused old lady puncher

    That would be fine. But impersonating someone else will get you (the "everyone" you, not the Innocentmiss you) in serious trouble here. We consider that a form of identity theft and take it pretty seriously.