Chat and Games bar?
Posted: 23 Dec 2011 04:31 am
Well, i heard this odd "quiet bark" bloop noise and wondered what it could be, saw that my Subeta tab was flashing "New Message." So...looks like they've just rolled out a new IM chat feature, which shows up at the bottom of the Subeta window. I saw a little thing at the bottom - new bar! - with a little red number beside Foghawk's name - she sent me a message. Instant messaging! So Foghawk beat me to noticing it, which might have taken me a while if i hadn't hunted for the source of the notification. There's also a chatroom listing.
I haven't tried the games (in-chat ones or the solitaire set, looks like a huge lot, probably offsite plugins), but it looks like they've implemented a lot of fun features with this.
There's a handy "scroll to the top" button.
And the bar has chat options ("settings" cog) and a hide option.
Cool, hopefully this won't be too befuddling for people, annoying, or buggy.
And, as Foghawk pointed out to me, there may be some urky things...since the plugins are apparently from an offsite thing. I hope it's not problematic (bug-wise or "feature"-wise), and hopefully if it's a sponsor-revenue garnering thing for Subeta it won't be riddled with malicious things.
And i'm not sure if it's the "usual Subeta," the Lumineve traffic, or this new thing, but Subeta is running awfully slow for me tonight.
I figured this deserved its own topic.
I haven't tried the games (in-chat ones or the solitaire set, looks like a huge lot, probably offsite plugins), but it looks like they've implemented a lot of fun features with this.
There's a handy "scroll to the top" button.
And the bar has chat options ("settings" cog) and a hide option.
Cool, hopefully this won't be too befuddling for people, annoying, or buggy.
And, as Foghawk pointed out to me, there may be some urky things...since the plugins are apparently from an offsite thing. I hope it's not problematic (bug-wise or "feature"-wise), and hopefully if it's a sponsor-revenue garnering thing for Subeta it won't be riddled with malicious things.
And i'm not sure if it's the "usual Subeta," the Lumineve traffic, or this new thing, but Subeta is running awfully slow for me tonight.
I figured this deserved its own topic.