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[rejected] Feature request: use drupal tribune as chat system

devnewton
Saturday, September 8, 2012 - 14:44
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The IRC channel is fine but when more than a few people are talking, it is quite difficult to follow discussions.

A drupal module implements the "tribune" chat system, a webchat standard with post/reply hightlightning very usefull for group discussions. It comes with a web interface, but is usable with desktop clients.

http://drupal.org/project/tribune

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bart
joined 13 years 10 months ago
Saturday, September 8, 2012 - 16:44
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Unless there's a large push for this, I probably won't do this, since it would fragment the already established community.

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Jattenalle
joined 13 years 11 months ago
Saturday, September 8, 2012 - 18:17
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Any decent IRC client will let you set those same highlights, and much more.

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devnewton
joined 13 years 5 months ago
Sunday, September 9, 2012 - 15:34
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I've never seen such a feature in IRC client. Which one do you use?

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Jattenalle
joined 13 years 11 months ago
Sunday, September 9, 2012 - 20:01
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HydraIRC

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devnewton
joined 13 years 5 months ago
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 14:08
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It seems that the highlighting we talk is not the same thing, it is a bit hard to explain, but check this demo: http://tout.essaye.sauf.ca/tribune

The module has a notion of threads based on timestamps: typically, a user clicks on the timestamp at the left of the message they want to answer before typing their message. When the messages is displayed, hovering the mouse over timestamps highlights the corresponding references and answers

http://drupal.org/project/tribune

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Blarumyrran
joined 15 years 1 month ago
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 14:48
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That's really neat, I've thought of such a feature often when using irc!

Still as Bart said, it would fracture the community.

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Jattenalle
joined 13 years 11 months ago
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 03:19
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Oh I missunderstood, that's not highlighting, that's more a "quote" thing.

Neat, but I hardly see a reason to add a massive community splitting thing just so it becomes slightly easier to quote someone.

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Syrsly
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Monday, November 19, 2012 - 22:10
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I think the forum could use better quoting, but chat does not need such functionality.

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