Keep or Remove the "Shoutbox"?
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: tesco
Should we keep or remove the shoutbox that's in the lounge?
Pros:
It's cool and people seem to like it
Cons:
It might be the reason the forum has been so slow lately, or maybe it's just because of all the guests. :idunno:
Posted by: peat moss
Keep it some seem to enjoy it , I have nt had a problem with speed since it was added .
Posted by: Cheese
Lose it, it's been gheying up my forum loading time since it was put on and only saves a small number of replies so is basically useless.
Posted by: RealitY
If theres any possibility of the forum being affected then dump it for now.
Hadnt connected the two but noticed timeouts since its been up...
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
... only saves a small number of replies so is basically useless.
It saves all shouts back to the beginning when rossco set it up:
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/vbshout.php?do=archive&page=241
I haven't seen any slowdown that relates to the shoutbox.
I do see that the board has a very annoying stall at intermittent or random times but it's been like that since before the shoutbox.
Posted by: Skizo
I voted no even though I don't like it and have it closed.
It doesn't hurt anything and probably cuts down on the spam.
Posted by: MCHeshPants420
I voted no even though I don't like it and have it closed.
It doesn't hurt anything and probably cuts down on the spam.
So you voted to have it removed? :dabs:
Posted by: MCHeshPants420
... only saves a small number of replies so is basically useless.
It saves all shouts back to the beginning when rossco set it up:
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/vbshout.php?do=archive&page=241
He meant on the Shoutbox itself, he didn't realise that we had an archive of what was said in there. Though it seems a little fiddly to check to see what people were chatting about last night. :dabs:
Remove it, it sucks at the moment.
Posted by: Skizo
I voted no even though I don't like it and have it closed.
It doesn't hurt anything and probably cuts down on the spam.
So you voted to have it removed? :dabs:
Whoopsie.... I read the question wrong. I though it asked if it should be removed, so I voted 'No', not to remove it.
:shuriken:
Posted by: manker
Get rid of it.
Shoutboxes are gay.
Posted by: MagicNakor
I haven't noticed the board being any slower since it was put in. Just the same random stalling VB's noticed, and that was before the shoutbox.
To be honest, I don't really care one way or the other if it stays. :P
:shuriken:
Posted by: 100%
it's a post killer
Posted by: General2k
Ive never used it and probably never will.
Some people probably like them but personally i dont care for em.
Posted by: JPaul
Ive never used it and probably never will.
Some people probably like them but personally i dont care for em.
What he said.
Posted by: S!X
Id say get rid of it.
Posted by: GepperRankins
keep it. i don't mind having it minimised
Posted by: Barbarossa
I don't think it's the shoutbox that's slowing the forum down, I think it's the 2000+ Yahoo! Slurp Spiders, lurking about, or whatever the fuck they are.
What's that all about :blink:
Posted by: Barbarossa
However, if it is the shoutbox that is slowing everything down, because it is damn slow at the moment, then it should go. :(
Posted by: Barbarossa
shoutbox in a popup window? that'd be fun. Could it be done? :blink:
Posted by: Hairbautt
I wondered why I got this message.
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3411/serverbusylz1.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=serverbusylz1.jpg)
I think the idea is cool just to say we have it, but really I'd never use it. ;)
Posted by: MagicNakor
That's likely not related to the shoutbox. We've had those messages come up a lot before usually when the board was acting weird...like it is now....:ghostface
:shuriken:
Posted by: RealitY
Spoke with tech couple days ago. They spent quite a bit of time resolving the slowdowns. Seems it was mostly DNS issues. Since they worked on it seems all is fine...
Posted by: TYPE R
keep it
Posted by: slatetupelo
Keep it, I usually use shotboxes for quick information and when I'm just bored.