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orangepeel
03-04-2006, 18:31
How about an IRC channel? This'll let us chat real time. Not much use for tutorials and stuff but excellent for talking rubbish with each other. Also really handy to meet to discuss or organise real life meetings.

Think of IRC as like being in a big room with a whole bunch of people interested in the same thing. IRC allows you to chat to each other in real time very much like MSN, with the difference being there is no limit to the number of people in a conversation.



If it where to prove popular then an IRC java plugin could be added to the website, thereby negating the need for users to install any apps to visit the channel

Here's a vBullitin hack for this java app.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=107886

If the mods/admins need any assistance I'd be delighted to help.


I've not created any channel on a network yet coz I didn't know if you'd all be interested or not :) Howver I'd suggest #tpf on irc.quakenet.org

Steve
03-04-2006, 19:06
Thanks for the suggestion and the very generous offer of help, however we have already discussed it in a previous thread (http://www.thephotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4413&highlight=chat+room) and decided that its not what we would like to implement at this time.

orangepeel
03-04-2006, 20:35
jeez! i'll come up with a new idea one day! just u wait. ;)