TrainBoard Chat

Hi guys
I have an idea and I thought I would mention it. My idea is a moderated TrainBoard chat that can be on a certain night each week, say Monday, with a different topic every week. I don't know if you have chat capabilities on TrainBoard, but I thought I would throw the idea out there and see what you guys think.
Thanks for the time.
Thom

 

I think thats a good idea !

 

Sounds like a great plan.

 

I would be interested in seeing something develop with this idea.

 

Highball this train.

 

sounds like a plan. I am good for most nights except some Tuesday nites, most Wednesday nites and some Friday nites. Depending on the
time I can probably be on any nite.

CT

 

Thanks very much for adding the chat!!:thumbs_up:

 

Shoutbox

Hi all,

When I logged on this morning and clicked on 'Forum Index' I found something called 'Shoutbox' at the top of my screen. Shoutbox contains nothing I need or want from TB. Is there a way to remove it from my Forum Index? Should it be a separate choice on your main menu?

From what I've seen, it seems just like a text messaging rant. I don't mean to be harsh, but I don't need it.

Happy holidays,

Phil Omsted

 

Charlie,
Thanks for the shoutbox. Should be a fun feature.

 

Phil: If you go back to that page, there is a small chevron in the orange bar that has "Shoutbox" written on it. If you click on the chevron, it will collapse the Shoutbox feature.

This is true of all the forums on TrainBoard.

Once it is collapsed, it will stay that way until you change it.

 

Charlie, Flash and Colonel,

Thanks for the info. No blistering intended. Just curious and (I guess) cranky when I wake up.

Thanks again,

Phil

 

A chate box sounds good to me, I'll join in the chat when I can. May not always have much to say though
inch

 

Please keep it seperate......I'm wasting too much time minimizing the shoutbox in order to get to the REAL important modelling issues. It could also be preventing the posters from posting in the threads. I come to read about what they are doing.....not the ramblings.
It's 5 seconds each time I log in of my life I will never get back.

 

I like it right where it is. :thumbs_up:

 

Charlie,
I/we appreciate your continuing efforts to expand feature sets while seeking to always improve day to day quality.

From the look of it, there are some early adopters out there using the chat, so it is at least a short term success! Congratulations.

All things being equal, I'd rather have to 'go' to a separate place to use that chat function. Like we do for rail images and blogs. I do personally find it annoying to either use or to deal with the feature and minimization, especially since it is right there on top.

I agree with the note earlier by ppuinn; it is an annoyance, trying to figure out the context of a current conversation as it continually jumps to current statements.

The 'goodest' part of this new feature is that I have learned that many things can be 'minimized' with that little arrow and that is a good thing.

Have a great Christmas,

Joe