Sitewide Puchi Blurbs
You may have noticed a few feature - Sitewide Puchi Blurbs. Its just called "chat" at the moment while we still work on it.
You can blurb each other from any page on the site (apart from backend) and the puchi blurbs will show what page you blurbed from.
This new functionality gives you another way to reach out to your comrades.
You can keep it turned off by minimizing it but if you do use it then you can drag it to the side of the page.
I want to look at functionality so that you can turn it off completely via cookie (so that it not load when you open multiple tabs) or keep it alive only on the top page like before. Will also explore a break out so that you can have it in a completely different window.
Also want to have a separate page for this so that you can view on an iDevice.
Let Chris and I know if there are problems. The main problem I've seen is that a few veteran users think that the puchi blurbs should be for just a few users and that new folks shouldn't use it. The site is for everybody to use.
Also let us know if you have requests for improvements of this feature. Will push this out to DC probably later on in the day. FF and DC will have separate streams.
Ah, do you want notifications when somebody comments somewhere or logs in shown up in the puchi blurbs?
And to let you know we know about the bug where the chat keeps refreshing even when the chat is hidden - will fix today.
so how long will the ban last for my my main account? XD
?? ban?
oh yeah, my necrophadian account. cant log in. was it the s word or the noob remark?
+1; I'm not sure if I'm banned from DC.com. But when I try to log in I get redirected to a PHP error documentation page.
yep. same here
though in all honesty i may actually be banned.
Haha. I am thinking the same thing. XD
But a PHP documentation instead of a message saying "you're blocked from logging in" will always make you wonder WTH is wrong D;
I'm pretty okay though, since I visit in figure.fm more
Why on earth would you be banned then?
It's just a hunch. But I couldn't log in anymore right after I posted a negative comment in your entry featuring a certain cosplayer for OTACOOL 2. The comment wasn't bashing anyone, it's an expression of disappointment. But I couldn't access my DC.com account within the same day after I posted that comment, which is why I think I was banned.
Same here. Been like that for about 4 days or so now.
Oh necro xD Danny is there a way to make the box feel less cluttered???? It just seems like its been pasted on top, its pretty cool though i dont have to open exttra windows to know whats happening on the blurbs
How do you mean? Could you give an example of how you want it?
Umm, I'm not sure if its just cause I'm on a laptop, but to me it feels like it was just an extra layer added on top. Like a last minute thought, don't get me wrong it's awesome we can now surf without having to open new tabs. But I think it might be the colour it just feels like it wants attention...if that makes sense??
Err whoops for example, I'm not sure maybe a side bar??? so a section of the website page is devoted to just the chat? Not too much too that the rest of the site is cluttered but enough that you can read with ease and if you want you could pull out to resize the website ??? Hope that helps :P
Have you tried dragging window?
just an update for the iphone ->
Vertical mode is the only way to view the chat box but you are gonna miss out some text. at least 4 guys with a single sentence is how much it can take. Also there's no way to view history. ( no scroll bar or more button exist )
As for horizontal view, the box seems to go all the way top and you won't be able to see what you are typing or even the update button.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49788920@N02/4728908968/ -> Vertical mode. Note the absence of the scroll bar and history.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49788920@N02/4728909214/ -> Horizontal mode. The box will be placed automatically to the top.
I like this new feature. I run a 1920x1200 screen resolution and my browser takes up the whole screen. Currently the chat box is in the unused white space on my browser window.
Same here ^^;
BTW, you look good in the 1 hour version of Culture:Japan ^^;
Awesome! Can't wait to see it!
Haha, same here too!
http://grab.by/55mV
Interesting new feature, love the ability to keep the chat window while visiting other pages. Would love the breakout feature, useful for lurking at work ^^;
Hmm, its nice and smooth on my end but I'm not sure what else to suggest.
Maybe add a mini pop-up history containing your username name (or parts of it)? If the chat is going too quickly it might be helpful allowing you to catch up quickly. Probably might be messy, just an idea though.
Second thought I head was to maybe have the chat window pop up in its own window like Gmail chat. Not sure how well that might work.
Custom color scheme for chat that only they could see as they get picky with their own themes lol.
I actually thing its good as is though.
Nice touch to the sites!
Nice addition to the site, makes it easy to reach out to other otaku that I do not contacts of.
I personally like it that you can access it sitewide. :3 Maybe an option to close the window completely like putting a close button in the corner for everything to close?
Just wondering, are you using AJAX for this? o.o
/fails. I didn't spot the close button.
But, just to clarify, option to close the chat tab completely from a page would be nice *nodnod*
A squishy mode, like the task bar when you move it around, right side left side up or down. And can be re-sized too. Maybe. I like the drag n drop mode where you can move it move it.^^
there should be aan option where you can resize that window.
Really nice, but excuse my sillyness, what do I need to do, to become an approved user to chat?
Not tried it out on my iPhone yet, but of course it looks fine on the PC. ^^
Love the feature! THinks its a great idea.. Only thing things would make me love it more. One removing the update button.. and just write and press enter to put ya text in. (But thats really a minor issue in a full blown web browser). The thing that would be the ultimate in icing on the cake for me.. would be able to access it on my blackberry.. some reason It and Figure.fm just don't get along.. it can access the mobile version ish okay.. but, then no blurbs.
Try hitting tab and then enter.
I think it's because of my laptop's screen size but when I open the chat box, it goes all the way to the top and I can't move it or exit out of it. P:
I didn't notice your comment till after I posted mine (3 comments down) and I'm also
having a similar problem. I use a Desktop computer BTW.
I read your post. I'm using Firefox too but I could type, just not able to see the buttons above it. D:
thanks for this feature,I use to open alot of windows just to wait and chat.oh and on the dannychoo.com I can't chat it says "not approved user" or somethng like that
There is difficulty accessing the blurbs on low resolution systems like netbooks 800x600. It is still possible to open the chat but moving the chat window is impossible since the button to move the chat is out of reach and off the viewing area. The text input area is also not accessible on the low resolution =(.
I like it. Can't wait for the break out feature ^^
Cool Feature!
Though I am sadly having a problem with it.
Right now when I try to post something, the top is totally cut off
and I can't write anything or reply to anyone.
I'm using FireFox as my browser.
Also I can only see the three latest blurbs.
I always seem to come back from any leave of absence to some change or other XD such a coin-ki-dink XD
I like it :) Its nice we dont have to keep a main page tab open if we're blurbing & don't wanna miss anything :D
Nicely done :)
Great feature made some friends here using this feature!
I like the idea though I think it may work better with larger monitors or "wide screen" type monitors. On my 18 inch screen with 1280 by 1024 resolution it does feel a bit cramped but its much better today with the option to move and resize, nice new features ^^.
Also minor detail, I notice if you accidentally drag the chat window up too much, then you can't get back to the button to move it back down unless you switch the browser in full screen mode (F11). Maybe it would be nice to have that button to move on the bottom of the window too (not sure if possible)?
I personally would prefer a whole page dedicated for the chat as I'm the kind that browse with several tabs open but I may be a minority? ^^
Click on the arrow on the "chat" tab at the bottom of the screen to reset the position of the chat window.
Single page for chat soon.
Yes please. The format for IRC could be a nice template for the design. Of course, there ought to be Web 2.0 layouting but a straightforward chatroom would be awesome, with pop-ups or prompts inside the chatroom whenever a new post is made in figure.fm, including a link. So it's like there's the figure.fm page with a small chat window, then there's the main chat page with small figure.fm pop-ups showing up for new posts/comments.
Man. I'd be in here all day if that were the case.
Oh perfect I didn't notice this thing before, thanks!
Will also make a breakout feature too which should fix some of these probs.
Think the new chat is pretty awesome!! Also like how it there are more people using it now.
I like the new chat, just saw today that you changed the "chat" name to "puchi blurbs" again, I bet you saw my comment on that when I mentioned it a few lines before the screen shot that appears here on this post xD
Looks like everyone is enjoying the chat :)
Meow
I can''t use the puchi blurbs.
I can't type nor join the chat