I have a few suggestions regarding chat.
My inspiration for this idea is derived from MMORPG Games and their chat clients.
On some popular MMORPG Games they use chat "Channels" for communication. For example, say I am in a "Guild" (a group of players under one name) and I want to talk to only my guild members. I type a slash command into a chat box, hit space, and I instantly switch channels to type my message. Another example, I have a "Party" of members I am grouped with and I want to talk to that party only. I type a slash command into a chat box, hit space, and I can talk to that channel. The same concept could be applied for web based solutions.
It would be awesome if the administrator could create default channels for communication. To expand on this idea it would also help if users could create a certain amount of channels for temporary use. For an administrator it would be awesome if we could format the commands and the type of action it creates. Later this could be adapted for other action uses. Think IRC style syntax using Ajax.
Example
<default channels with limited options>
/guild [space] "type message"
/party [space] "type message"
<create channel>
/join {space] [channelname]
This could be an alternative way to work with chatrooms and allows for more sophisticated line based commands. Keep personal messages working the same, but aggregate the global history of all the difference assets. This could all be run in a input box on a chat bar at the bottom of a website.
Also as another addition, channels can be color coded at administrator discretion.
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I have a few suggestions regarding chat.
My inspiration for this idea is derived from MMORPG Games and their chat clients.
On some popular MMORPG Games they use chat "Channels" for communication. For example, say I am in a "Guild" (a group of players under one name) and I want to talk to only my guild members. I type a slash command into a chat box, hit space, and I instantly switch channels to type my message. Another example, I have a "Party" of members I am grouped with and I want to talk to that party only. I type a slash command into a chat box, hit space, and I can talk to that channel. The same concept could be applied for web based solutions.
It would be awesome if the administrator could create default channels for communication. To expand on this idea it would also help if users could create a certain amount of channels for temporary use. For an administrator it would be awesome if we could format the commands and the type of action it creates. Later this could be adapted for other action uses. Think IRC style syntax using Ajax.
Example
&lt;Default Channels with limited options&gt;
/guild [space] "type message"
/party [space] "type message"
&lt;Create Channel&gt;
/join {space] [channelname]
This could be an alternative way to work with chatrooms and allows for more sophisticated line based commands. Keep personal messages working the same, but aggregate the global history of all the difference assets. This could all be run in a input box on a chat bar at the bottom of a website.
Also as another addition, channels can be color coded at administrator discretion.
