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iago:
--- Quote from: Starbeam on June 02, 2010, 12:21:26 PM ---I second the no politics or religion, although that one's a little more difficult if someone makes a comment on a current event, or something like that, which could bring something of politics in. Also, I wouldn't necessarily say no/minimal colored text as much as keeping to the more middling colors. Or, if possible, only having one style available to use. For myself, and I don't know if others do the same, the colored text helps me keep track of who's saying what.
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Having experimented with various styles when folks are messing around with the colors, I can safely tell you that -- for my eyeballs, at least -- there are no colors which truly work in all contexts.
Shecky:
--- Quote from: iago on June 02, 2010, 01:43:47 PM ---Having experimented with various styles when folks are messing around with the colors, I can safely tell you that -- for my eyeballs, at least -- there are no colors which truly work in all contexts.
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Thoughts based on personal experience (by no means intended to be presented as Authoritative, Definitive "Evidence"), and not directly related to chatroom rules but (IMHO) just as essential to the chat "experience":
Lo these many years ago, back when I frequented a few chatrooms, I noticed that the actual chatbox and text entry box were plain, blank white. Perhaps it's personal preference, but I've always felt that to be the best option. Framing, page, etc., those could be different colors or styles, but the text boxes themselves were simple white/off-white.
Which leads me to the second half of my thoughts - the idea I keep bringing up about allowing users to choose persistent colors/fonts/styles. I found it to be VASTLY helpful in keeping up with a busy, populated chat, so I could know at a glance what was said by whom. The current system, with only one display font/style for all, gets horribly confusing to me when the chat really starts rolling. You could even experiment a little as moderator/designer and limit the choices to higher-readability fonts/styles/colors (i.e., no bright yellow! :D ).
A final addendum that might be linkable to the above: make chat name come directly from forum name, and link the text preferences to that account. Is this even doable? It might also have the added bonus of severely limiting the rapid-fire handle-changing if it's feasible.
iago:
--- Quote from: Shecky on June 02, 2010, 02:13:49 PM ---A final addendum that might be linkable to the above: make chat name come directly from forum name
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It does.
--- Quote ---, and link the text preferences to that account. Is this even doable?
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Not as far as I know.
Amber:
Can you block the ability to change your nick from your forum name altogether?
iago:
--- Quote from: Amber on June 02, 2010, 03:19:57 PM ---Can you block the ability to change your nick from your forum name altogether?
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Maybe. But it has a legitimate purpose for roleplaying chats.
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