Chat Room

[Siberian Husky]

dont know if this has already been proposed..but a chat room would be well appreciated and i think i speak on behalf of alot of members...there are enough members online at all times to keep a good constant healthy chat flow...

2 cents

[Siberian Husky]

THIS THREAD WILL NO GO UNRECOGNIZED...DELIVER ME A CHAT ROOM WITH SMILEY FACE AND FONT COLOR VARIATIONS OR FEEL MY WRATH

i love you

-Luis

[Bob]

Dude, clam down.  Janice does a chat room often, usually Fridays.  They use AIM -- America Online Instant Messenger.  She has posted announcements in either the misc or anything but sections.  Or just pm Janice and ask. 

[Siberian Husky]

yeah i talk to janice on AIM

im "DancingMop"...add me Mr Bob..you seem swell..anyways...i'v attended those AIM chats..but it'd be nice if there was a 24 hour chat where we could all join..ALOT of people here dont have AIM...its be nice to discuss piano..and gas prices..and rollerskating and balloons..and blankets n stuff..you know..piano stuff

[Bob]

It would be kinda cool if there was one in here that you could just pop into while on the pf site.  Maybe that's one of the new, exciting innovation Nils mentioned.

We could all try this...

On AIM, make your way to the "Piano Chat" chatroom.  Click "Chat" on the bottom.  Enter your own username as the person to invite.  Enter "Piano Chat" as the room.  You invite yourself this way.  If we all use the same room name, it would work.  If people are there, great.  If your the only one, then no one must be that interested in chatting.

[SDL]

yep brought this idea up a while ago.  check out response:
https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,6706.0.html

[janice]

Bob, while it is true that you can invite yourself, if you have dial-up you might have a problem, because I know that I do.  As most of the chatters are aware, I have a cheap server and I get booted alot.  So when I get booted after having been in Piano chat, I find that I am unable to get back in the room by inviting myself, I always have to IM one of the other members and then they have to send me an invitation.  Don't know why this happens, but if you have dial-up, maybe you have experienced the same problem? ? ? ?

[SDL]

where's this piano chat room button?

[janice]

I'm not quite sure what your question exactly is, but I will explain a bit more.  You need AIM (AOL Instant Messenger).  Go to www.aim.com to download. I highly suggest using the same name that you do here at PF for your AIM name (Since your name here only has 3 letters, maybe you could add some numbers after it.  But that's just a suggestion.  It kinda bugs me when I have to keep everybody straight and remember who is whom.)  Then, you will be able to set up a "buddy list".  That is a list of other people that you want to talk to.  Underneath my name here (this post) is a little yellow icon thingy.  You can click on that and be able to talk to me (maybe you don't want to talk to me! lol  Or else pick someone you want to talk to!).  If I (or someone else) is online at the moment, you can talk to us.  On the bottom of your 'buddy list' is a row of 5 icons.  On the one that says 'chat', click that and follow Bob's directions up above.

[Bob]

A near miss!

I had the "piano chat" open and m1469 stopped by.  I didn't see her in time though.

[Dazzer]

why aim though

anyone on yahoo???

haha

[janice]

why aim though

anyone on yahoo???

haha

I'm sure there is.  If you want to set one up on Yahoo, feel free.  I'm not sure that that many people will be interested, but I don't know.