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Ok, I just realized that there is a chatroom associated with Milsurp? I clicked the link and it went to a chatroom on this site. Is this new or have I just been missing something all my life?????
P.S. I know that chatrooms are generally good for women and moral preverts... ok, I ain't a woman, so where does that leave me? :dunno:
Well, I'd never tried it until you mentioned it.
I saw nothing at all happening.
Maybe an AOL emulator with no one home?
I've been there a couple of times. --- Nobody there, so have not beenback..
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Can't get there from this computer- Some firewall security violation or some such...
I thought this was the chat room! GK
This particular "live" chat system is a relatively new addition to the site and is based upon third party professionally developed software, which is hosted independently. It's been undergoing custom development/testing for a few months and was designed to replace our old chat software that wasn't very functional.
The "Members Chat Room" is a specialized area of the Milsurps.Com web site that permits members to chat (type) 'live" with each other in real time. It's a pretty simple concept and it's organized into multiple individual chat rooms that appear in alphabetical order, which match the same forum names where members normally do regular posts, plus it has a Main Chat Lobby where members are initially placed when they first arrive in the chat rooms.
At that point, they can "meet and greet" others if the wish, then select with their mouse any other specialized chat room they wish to move to in order to continue chatting, or simply stay and chat in the Main Chat Lobby if they wish. For example, perhaps members of the The Lee Enfield Knowledge Library Collectors Forum have set up a regularly scheduled event to get together and chat in real time with each other. Once they arrive in the Main Chat Lobby, they would click on the room marked Lee Enfield Room and enter there to meet and chat with other members, who may be in that room chatting already. A few rooms are password protected, such as the Moderators Private Room and Contributing Members ONLY Room, so you'll be prompted for a password if you click on one of those.
The chat system is very feature rich with lots of individually selectable and personal display options for each member, such as font sizes etc. It also includes the ability to set-up "moderated" chat nights with specially hosted events and invited "Guest Speakers" etc. Moderated events can be a lot of fun and it's interesting to meet and chat with many members live, whom we've all only met through their various forums posts. We are currently organizing scheduled events surrounding various topics covering different forums, as well as assembling a list of celebrity speakers to cover interesting topics and help us initiate this new system to the site. The topics for discussion may be very specific, or perhaps more general and just titled ... "An evening with (fill in your favourite speaker request here)". If you'd like to see any members be invited formally to appear as guest speakers, please let us know and we'd be happy to see if they have any interest in doing so.
By the way, there's no need to wait for us to schedule chat events. If anyone wants to put something together on their own, simply make a post in the appropriate forum and indicate the date, time and topic of the chat event they'd like to run. We'll help out and perhaps "sticky" the thread, as well as arrange to activate the special moderation function of the software for the event, to ensure everyone gets fair opportunity for participation. Remember one thing though. Our site has a world wide membership, so if one sets up an event you have to mindful of time zones. A good example would be to select a Saturday evening in England at 9:00 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which currently would mean Saturday afternoon at 4:00 pm EST for the guys in New York (U.S.) and Sunday morning at 8 am for our Australian friends who might live in Sydney. So, that kind of timing works for almost everyone, but remember to consider it during your planning.
Without moderated or pre-defined timed events, the best way to develop an ad-hoc chat discussion is to check the Who is On-line area at the bottom of the main forum home page, or look for the special advisory box that appears at the top left of your screen when you are reading various forums, which only shows up when there is activity in any of the chat rooms. Of course, someone has to be the first into the chat rooms for others to see that anyone else is already there, so if you really want to get a chat session going, then we'd recommend you enter the chat room lobby and simply wait for others to see you're there and to join you. Once you do that and since most modern browsers support multiple windows (called tabs), then just open another tabbed window for the site and continue browsing and reading posts normally until another member arrives in the Main Chat Lobby. Another option is to utilize the special built-in Floating Chat Box that is selectable from the drop down Chat Room link option, available from the "navigation bar" at the top of the forums.
Live chatting is fun and another way of meeting new friends on the site. It's only as good as you want to make it and it does mean you need to try it to do so. For additional help, check out the pics below for a further explanation of some of the things mentioned above.
We hope you enjoy this new addition to Milsurps.Com, which is unique to our site and as far as we know, not available on any other gun set on the Internet. :thup:
Regards,
Badger
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This is the message I get upon trying to enter the chat room:
Malicious Behavior Detected! The page or file you requested contains malicious code.
Transaction ID is 4B8CC69C062C540E17C0.
(some sort of "Java" logo appears first...)
:eek: ........ :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by jmoore
I have no idea what that is ... :lol:
It's being generated from the chat system service provider's host computer in response to seeing something from your end that it doesn't like ...
They indicate that their client software works through firewalls and there should be no problems with members who operate behind them, but I'll open a trouble ticket with their support group and request a clarification.
Thanks for the feedback ... :thup:
Regards,
Badger
Edit: I received a quick response from technical support and I gather this is quite a common message received by end users who are behind a corporate business firewall. There's nothing to worry about and there is no malicious behavior, nor any code virus activity, but rather it's a "false positive". It seems to be a custom message from the client's (your end) company IT filtering system which restricts access to certain applications. It maybe worthwhile checking with your company IT department to see if their code of practice restricts access to applications etc - as this is most likely the issue here.
There was a suggestion that I change the Internet port being used from the current default port to 8080, which is the most common port used to access the internet. The thought is that this may help users behind work firewalls (providing they don't also have in place other restrictions as mentioned). I tried that and it didn't work for me and just froze up my browser. Can you see if there's a specific port number that your IT guys would let you use so we can try that to see if it helps your specific case, as we've had no other reports of problems during the last two months of testing. We're currently using 8007, so perhaps they can add that to your OK to use list.
Help, Help, I'm stuck in the chat room.... How do I get out?? I've clicked the little icon down at the bottom, but the screen still shows I'm in.... But I'm not there !!:banghead:
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If you're typing that reply thread, then you have exited. :lol:
Just click the exit door at the bottom and that's all you have to do.
The "Who is Chatting" display can take a few minutes to update after
a member exits. ;)
Regards
Badger
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The internet security on my computer does not like the ActiveX software.
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That's an IE type thing and with all the holes it has in security, I can understand why Microsoft is phobic ... :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooks
That's a security ticket warning that isn't really something to worry about. Microsoft would like you to use their MSN chat system instead of anyone else's, but I can assure you our system is safer then that one. :thup:
However, if it concerns you to accept the "unknown" certificate, I'd suggest not using the chat rooms.
Thanks for letting us know that IE wants a certificate as we haven't encountered that as yet, even with our IE8, however we do run Firefox and Safari most of the time. :)
Regards,
Badger
'Hooks' - (and anyone else on broadband)
Have you tried using 'Firefox' for your internet browser?
It's SO much simpler (but advanced as far a protection) than Internet Explorer and it's MUCH faster.
It doesn't have any ads or other crap on the home page, and it seems to work with everything without 'false alarms' that Internet Explorer keeps coming up with. (Where you have to 'click' the yellow band across the top to manually allow many things it doesn't know about) :rolleyes:
You can open Firefox at the same time as IE and use the tab along the bottom to jump back and forth between both browsers. Unlike IE, you can also open Firefox twice, so you can stay on the forum page you're viewing, and then open Firefox again to search the same forum (or another forum) for something you wanted to go back to find something by clicking on the tabs along the bottom.
Firefox makes it easy to use your favorite site as your home page too.
I have Milsurps.com as my home page and it only shows the Milsurps home page and no junk at all.
Firefox also checks for your spelling when you are writing a post on any internet forum. :thup:
Here's a link to download Mozzila Firefox if you're interested in trying it.
Firefox Browser | Faster Safer Internet | Free Download
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Originally Posted by cafdfw
cadfdw makes a good point … :thup:
Extracted from larger thread titled Milsurps.Com Web Site Uptime and Performance Checks (click here).
Regards,Quote:
Want to check out which Internet Browser performs the best with our site?
Internet Browser Performance Testing (click here)
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Note: The moral of that testing is ABIE (anything but Internet Explorer) by Microsoft ... :lol:
By the way, Firefox has released a newer version that wasn't tested. It's v3.6 and here's its results against the v3.5 used in the testing above.
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Badger
I am running Windows 7 OS with a 64 bit processor. I can open at least two IE windows at a time (am sure more if desired) however many web sites seem to have a problem with the 64 bit version and I usually use the 32. With the IE security issues I am having, Firefox sounds like something worth trying. I have heard a lot of positive comments about it. I especially like the spell check you mentioned. Spelling and grammer are not my strong points.Quote:
Originally Posted by cafdfw
Thought I would check IE and I opened up four different web site’s, which I can toggle from one to the other. I don’t know if there is a limit on how many I could run. Still doesn’t solve the security issue.
Spelling and grammar are the bane of my existence ... :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooks
I think you have your IE security level on high? :dunno:
I no longer use Windows based machines (except as an emulator on my Mac), having switched to an Apple MacBook Pro running OSX Leopard operating system with FireFox Browser. I was a PC user from one of the early 1980's "green screen" machines all the way through to this last year, when I switched our whole family over to Macs and iPhones. Love it ... :super:
Under Internet options, check the web site security slider and see if you switch it to "medium" or "custom", if that helps. You can also simply accept the certificate and add it to your list of permissible sites.
Thanks for the feedback .. :thup:
Regards,
Badger
I have changed my level of security to medium; fact is that is where it was to begin with. Strange thing is I can accept downloading from “the yellow bar at top of window” and it opens up another window of acceptance which opens the third warning I posted a picture of and there is no work-around. I am running three computers on a home network and it might be an “administrator thing”. I will keep working on it and am sure will find a solution. I have a feeling this “chat” function will take off soon and would like to be a part of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Badger
Well with our formal "Guest Speaker" nights currently being arrange, plus perhaps various individuals from the forums who may want to organize their own regularly scheduled get togethers, it's possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooks
Our 11,000+ member demographic here is OLD .. :lol:
Heck, I'm 62 and I think I'm probably the median age ... :eek:
So, it's a tough go for a lot of guys who never grew up with the technology to handle just the forums, pic uploading, viewing videos etc., let alone chat in real time on a keyboard with their electronic buddies.
We invested in a professionally developed and hosted chat system, so the options available to the individual (ie: LARGE font size if you want), plus high performance with low server lag and ease of use make it enjoyable to use. Going this route, although expensive, also doesn't impact the main server performance for folks who continue to browse and post on the primary server here.
If there's anything I can do to help you with the issues, send me a PM and I'll see what I can do. :thup:
Regards,
Badger
Badger, thanks for the offer of help. You are my junior by nine years. Never thought I would even use a computer much less do some of the things we are forced to do by twenty first century technology. My grandchildren have me using Facebook now, can’t get much worse than that.
Well, you old fart you ... :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooks
I have so far managed to avoid Facebook.... :madsmile:
Regards,
Badger
Badger, this is the old fart, my problem was an administrative issue. I have logged on the chat, no one else was on so I sent a test message to see if I could. It looks to have a lot to offer. I will be watching to see where it goes.
Awesome ... :super:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooks
Regards,
Badger
By the way ... ;)
You can access our Member Chat Rooms, even if you aren't logged into the site! Simply cut-n-paste paste the link provided below to and share with others through eMail or instant messaging.
http://client2.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=445987
The only thing different about entering our Member Chat Rooms in this way is that of course, you will be prompted to type in your Milsurps.Com user name and site password. When you access the Member Chat Rooms from within the site, you're already logged on, so you don't have to type in this information as our system does it for you.
Regards,
Badger