Chat room bug

[Sauron]

OK, so I was just in the chat room. Tried to change my default font family / color for my own chat messages. Tried Verdana, I believe.

On the first try, my own text was invisible to me, although visible to everyone else. So I tried a second time, to make my text visible / distinctive.

But after the second try, I couldn't see anything or even type anything, so I exited, closed out FireFox, and restarted the session again.

Now apparently I am locked out of the chatroom. It says "another user is logged on with this user name. Please try again."
:sadcheer: :sadcheer:

Someone can help widdle ol me? :(

[viscousmemories]

Oops, sorry Sauron. I was busy chatting and didn't see this. :)

Unfortunately it takes at least a minute for the database to clear your old connection when you log out (or get booted) so that's why you got that error message.

[Skep]

Is it possible to modify the chat software? Specifically, I'd like to see something done to eliminate conflicting background and text colors in the "Public log" area.

[viscousmemories]

I'm sure it's possible to modify the software. Know any Flash programmers? :D

I realize it's a big problem. Almost every time I've been in that chatroom with more than a couple of others, much time has been devoted to people trying to resolve conflicts between their respective fonts and background colors. Unfortunately the only resolution I can think of (as I'm not a Flash programmer) is to disable the individual selection of fonts and background colors.

So unless we get a volunteer to do the software modification, I'll probably do that.

Anyone have a better idea?

[Skep]

Perhaps setting a default background such as the light gray we have here would suffice. It's nice to be able to change the text to make it easier to identify individuals.

[viscousmemories]

Hmm... that's a good idea. Okay, that's the new frontrunner. :)