I also noted that if you scroll up through the chat, it retains it's position while the chat scrolls on. (Can't remember if it stays there even if you post a message)Could we make it so when you post it'll jump down to your latest message?

I don't believe it should scroll down for every message that appears as it makes it a nightmare to read previous lines.

P.S I was actually surprised that no one requested some kind of ordering of the subscriptions. There are a few I joined ages ago and which are no longer alive that I'd just love to archive or something so that my subscriptions are not so cluttered, but so that I can easily access those dead RPs if the needs arises. Is that something on the list? Would be nice to see in the future :)

Man, I can't wait to see the chat system fully implemented, I do a lot of 1x1 RPs and after a while the numerous PMs that are just used for communication get pretty ridiculous at times. Being able to comfortably chat with my partner would be great, and maybe the ability to save the conversation in someway, though that might be me dreaming too much.

Anyway Mahz thanks a bunch for starting to work on this, I been waiting for something like it for sure.

Something I noticed about the Chatbox to look into. Whenever someone types a long message the new line reverts back to the left past the time stamp. Probably look nicer and a bit easier to read if it was indented for additional lines of text.

not a bad idea. There's space enough in the chat.
One could even consider having the : after each name line up vertically, but that might require a slight sideways extension of the chat window or lines can get very short.

We have another suggestion, @Mahz...

Right now, the chat lists who are online and who are muted. How about dividing it a little more?
Who are online.
Who are lurking (not actively using the chat for 10 minutes).
Who have been muted.

In addition, some functionality that would make the chat more practical. We know several of these are probably on your list, but it doesn't hurt to make sure.

• automated Join/quit messages
• /me function
• A letter + tab key - scrolls through online names starting with that letter
• Ability to ping and be pinged through name mentions while not focused on the chat tab
• link to the master log file
• ability to control width of the chat window

We could probably think of more, but these are a start.

I also noted that if you scroll up through the chat, it retains it's position while the chat scrolls on. (Can't remember if it stays there even if you post a message)
Could we make it so when you post it'll jump down to your latest message? I don't believe it should scroll down for every message that appears as it makes it a nightmare to read previous lines.

<Snipped quote>Eh. I sometimes like going through conversations and occasionally reply something in between.

<Snipped quote> This. So much this. I've been quite annoyed at active IM conversations which don't just want to let me read the backlog...

Not sure if you can already do this or not, but:
Being able to delete/lock threads would be great, especially since I made an oopsie and made a thread in the wrong sub-forum.

Good ideas. Another idea: Pressing up-/down-arrow when inside the input box will cycle through your latest messages. As in, load them into the box. Used to that feature on IRC, like if I typo'd a URL in my previous message and want to re-post it with the correction.

@SgtEasy It's the standard abbreviation: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mos though I wish they went with something else.

Just an effort to shrink the length of timestamps so I can use them in more cramped spaces.