hmm....live chat?

[mjolnir1134]

Maybe a webpage with live chat with Techimo members could be nice? What do you guys think?

[-FMA]

MSN Messenger/AIM/Yahoo Messenger are fine.

This will never happen. Nor should it.

[jkrohn]

Well there used to be an IRC chatroom, but it was abandoned most of the time.

[GroundZero3]

we had an irc room with a link right to it by using java but techimo had to close it down

[KAknight]

When we had it, no one would ever be in there. We had a couple of scheduled chats, but they were mostly empty too.

[mike_sanfil]

I dunno; sometimes I think it would be much easier to help someone in live chat than though a message board.

[KAknight]

Have you met my friend AIM?

[-FMA]

Have you met my friend AIM?

[nwo75200]

MSN is my friend
AIM is my enemy

[large_nostril]

It could be useful but I don't think it's feasible if TechIMO is gonna stay free. Most of those live chat programs take up a LOT of resources and most hosts don't allow them for that reason. Though I don't really know what or how TIMO is hosted so I don't know what they have available to them.

Have you met my friend AIM?

I've stopped using AIM for basically this reason. I used to help people all the time on AIM but after my SN got out there people just wouldn't leave me alone. I'd go to sleep and wake up with 8 IMs or so saying "my puter is broke.... hlp me...". Even now when I sign onto AIM (with a different SN) within minutes I get an IM asking for help... And not too many people here have my SN.

[-FMA]

MSN is my friend
AIM is my enemy

Same here but when it comes to helping someone it does not matter too much.

[KAknight]

I'm just saying there are plenty of chat options besides a TechIMO chat room. I'm sure the bandwidth bill is high enough already.

[-FMA]

I've stopped using AIM for basically this reason. I used to help people all the time on AIM but after my SN got out there people just wouldn't leave me alone. I'd go to sleep and wake up with 8 IMs or so saying "my puter is broke.... hlp me...". Even now when I sign onto AIM (with a different SN) within minutes I get an IM asking for help... And not too many people here have my SN.

That is happening to me more and more often. Weird because I mostly read the stuff in the tech area and not actually post. It does not bug me, I don't mind helping others.

[cryptoguy]

I simply installed AIM on a forgotten super-old Gateway laptop, so it doesn't pollute my PC, and just use AIM Express whenever I need to chat.

[large_nostril]

It does not bug me, I don't mind helping others.

It didn't bug me before either but now I just don't have the time anymore. I usually don't even get to go to sleep during the week anymore... And don't get me started about my time to eat ... Everyone says I'm gonna kill myself... Well, we'll just have to see about that. If I had the time I'd be more than willing to help people online but I've got other priorities and other people to help.

I'm just saying there are plenty of chat options besides a TechIMO chat room. I'm sure the bandwidth bill is high enough already.

Agreed

BTW, a bit off topic, but anyone that uses AIM and doesn't like the ads and popups, you can use AIM Ad Hack

[nwo75200]

BTW, a bit off topic, but anyone that uses AIM and doesn't like the ads and popups, you can use AIM Ad Hack

O man, am I thankful to you!!!

I hate those ads so much, they make my PC freeze up sometimes and take at least 10 seconds to load

[mike_sanfil]

Have you met my friend AIM?

I guess, but to I don't really feel like giving out my name, and then I might be on msn while they only have aim. I can see why it's not feasible for techimo, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice.

[mike_sanfil]

O man, am I thankful to you!!!

I hate those ads so much, they make my PC freeze up sometimes and take at least 10 seconds to load

Or use an alternative client such at trillian or gaim. Both are ad free and support several different messaging services at once.

[dchw_dude]

Im like a looser - no one hardly ever I/Ms me.

[large_nostril]

O man, am I thankful to you!!!

I hate those ads so much, they make my PC freeze up sometimes and take at least 10 seconds to load

Glad it helped. I got tired of seeing the Matrix ad, especially when it had that horrid music and I was already listening to something good. And I used to use GAIM but it started giving me problems. And I never really did like Trillian.

Haha, sorry for kinda hijacking your thread . I'll try to bring it back in one piece.