-=> On 04-12-19 11:03, StackFault wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 St> Yeah, the MPL applet makes things a little bit easier, you can set it
 St> up to auto-refresh on your menu and you will know when there is people
 St> in there.

Cool.  When I get a chance, I'll check it out.

 St> The whole thing is to avoid having people idling there all day without
 St> being in front of their machine. IRC is like that nowadays and it's not
 St> helping.

True, that can be annoying.

 St> You can join a channel with 50 people in it, say hi and having to wait
 St> 2 hours before you see a response.

 St> MRC is much more dynamic, either it's empty or you talk with someone.
 St> The /chatters also now displays the idle time, so you know if you have
 St> a chance to hear back within a reasonable amount of time.

Cool. :)

 St> Anyway, the goal is to bring people together, I hope it works.

Let's hope so.


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