chat service in cfd-online

diamondx · August 29, 2012, 11:05

Hello,
I know it's too much to ask. how about a service for chatting with users ? is it possible ?

pete · August 29, 2012, 16:47

We have looked at the possibility but we have never tried any chat system. Anyone with experience of what system would be most suitable?

wyldckat · August 31, 2012, 18:34

OpenFOAM users have web-based IRC at openfoamwiki.net: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Special:WebChat

Personally I haven't used it yet, due to various allergies to IRC

Therefore, I don't know what's the level of success there

.

edit: vbulletin is a massive world of its own... so I can only guess that vbulletin 4 has AJAX, thus allowing real-time threads/posts?

jola · September 1, 2012, 08:00

IRC isn't a private chat. Do you know what IRC channel/network OpenFoamWiki are using?

We actually had an IRC channel on EFNet linked to from CFD Online a long time ago. About 15 years ago I remember that we also had some action there, but it has been dead for many years now and we removed the link a year ago I think.

Concerning vBulletin. Pete is ready with the migration to vBulletin 4, although the LaTeX add-in is not working as well as before. However, vBulletin has started to market their upcoming version 5. We are a bit hesitant if it is smart to move to 4 now when it will soon be replaced. Apparantly 4 was not very successful and many large forums have done as CFD Online and stayed with the 3 version. vBulletin Solution have been working hard on a replacement which is now soon ready for launch. Migrating from both 3 and 4 will require significant work. We haven't decided if we should wait or switch to 4 now. What do you think?

wyldckat · September 1, 2012, 08:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by jola

IRC isn't a private chat. Do you know what IRC channel/network OpenFoamWiki are using?

Source: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ma...ut_openFOAM.3F

Code:

irc://irc.freenode.net/openFOAM-IRC

Quote:

Originally Posted by jola

Concerning vBulletin. Pete is ready with the migration to vBulletin 4, although the LaTeX add-in is not working as well as before. However, vBulletin has started to market their upcoming version 5. We are a bit hesitant if it is smart to move to 4 now when it will soon be replaced. Apparantly 4 was not very successful and many large forums have done as CFD Online and stayed with the 3 version. vBulletin Solution have been working hard on a replacement which is now soon ready for launch. Migrating from both 3 and 4 will require significant work. We haven't decided if we should wait or switch to 4 now. What do you think?

I've seen forums that simply dumped vBulleting and switched to Vanilla or some other forum system. And we have been waiting for v4 for so long, that it doesn't seem to matter if it takes another year or two for either v4 or v5

August 29, 2012, 11:05	chat service in cfd-online	#1
diamondx Super Moderator Ghazlani M. Ali Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 927 Blog Entries: 21 Rep Power: 14	Hello, I know it's too much to ask. how about a service for chatting with users ? is it possible ? __________________ Regards, New to ICEM CFD, try this document --> http://goo.gl/G2gkE Ali

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wyldckat Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 4,228 Blog Entries: 31 Rep Power: 45	OpenFOAM users have web-based IRC at openfoamwiki.net: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Special:WebChat Personally I haven't used it yet, due to various allergies to IRC Therefore, I don't know what's the level of success there . edit: vbulletin is a massive world of its own... so I can only guess that vbulletin 4 has AJAX, thus allowing real-time threads/posts? __________________ How to build OpenFOAM + Third Party tools How to post code using [CODE] Last edited by wyldckat; August 31, 2012 at 18:42. Reason: see "edit:"

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pete Administrator Peter Jones Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 399 Rep Power: 10	We have looked at the possibility but we have never tried any chat system. Anyone with experience of what system would be most suitable?

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jola Administrator Jonas Larsson Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 118 Rep Power: 10	IRC isn't a private chat. Do you know what IRC channel/network OpenFoamWiki are using? We actually had an IRC channel on EFNet linked to from CFD Online a long time ago. About 15 years ago I remember that we also had some action there, but it has been dead for many years now and we removed the link a year ago I think. Concerning vBulletin. Pete is ready with the migration to vBulletin 4, although the LaTeX add-in is not working as well as before. However, vBulletin has started to market their upcoming version 5. We are a bit hesitant if it is smart to move to 4 now when it will soon be replaced. Apparantly 4 was not very successful and many large forums have done as CFD Online and stayed with the 3 version. vBulletin Solution have been working hard on a replacement which is now soon ready for launch. Migrating from both 3 and 4 will require significant work. We haven't decided if we should wait or switch to 4 now. What do you think?