So I built a chat engine for avatarity (the site you go to to get avatars for here).

It seems to work OK, with no need for Flash or Java (all you need is a relatively modern browser)

I am considering adding such a thing to perplexus as well. The way it works right now is you open the window, and just keep it open. It will focus itself when a new user enters the chatroom. You would need to be logged in to use it.

I'm not sure how much interest there is in a thing like that - people are constantly trying to use chatterbox for an insta-chat, but unlike chatterbox a chatroom doesn't show you any messages typed in prior to your arrival.

I agree, it would be a great addition.

Why no java? Almost all browsers support it nowadays, don't they? Or is it more of a programming issue?

I personally would enjoy a chat engine that is more useful then chatter box. I know if i try to talk to somone online they never see the message in the chatter box. If programming is an issue i could help you there but i would prefer that you do not do this in java since the schools computers do not support it.

It seems like java is the thing to use on web pages, but it looks fine; levik doesn't seem to need help.

I think anything we want done we could do on the forums pertaining to perplexus. That way everyone could see the equestions asked and we wouldn't have to answer the same questions over and over.

So has anybody (other than Gamer) had the chance to check out the chat feature on avatarity? If so, let me know if something like that would be useful for flooble. Most of the code is already done, so migrating would not be too much trouble, but I don't want to bloat the site with yet another means of communication if nobody's gonna use it.

yah i agree with silver knight we should have a way of contacting. maybe we could have a mail letter popup in the top left corner so that if you are trying to read somthing you arent interupted. maybe if the person clicks on it it opens a window that could chat, and you could also have an X to close it.
maybe?????

One thing to note is that the chat ability should be restricted to either the second or third rank. i don't want nubs saying "yo sup" to me and trying to find about my personal life.

Hmmm... I doubt we need something that advanced here. For a while, I was considering an email-like system (similar to PMs on many forums)

But eventualy it kinda got lost in among the more neccessary features.

WHEW!!!! Thank goodness for anonymity! :-)

More evidence for the need of an explicit "do not contact me" list! :-)

(And you're probably barking up the wrong tree if you're lookin' for a smart guy.)

As to Heron's formula... one generally should have a good understanding and foundation of trigonometry before tackling that one.... I'm guessing that you have not yet completed that course. If I'm correct, pick up a good trigonometric text and do a little self-studying... it'll provide those answers.

I'm guessing you found a solution involving matrices.... but you'll find that matrices actually can be interpreted as encoded vectors, rotations, angles, etc... so they are sortuv another way of doing trigonometry (and much more).

Either way, I think trigonometry and analytic geometry (and vector calculus) will help a lot towards your understanding.

you could, uh, like, uh, provide a link...er.. or something...

www.newton.dep.anl.gov/newton/askasci/1993/math/MATH002.HTM

I do believe that's what e-mail is for, as I have said before. That's a way to contact people! That's where you could have continued this ranting on! I think it's fine to keep 2 e-mails, so you could have 1 for people on the web and 1 for other people.

I find e-mail relatively slow. Many people don't check their e-mail very often. Also, on my e-mail at least, I'd have to log off and on to receive new messages. Many of us wouldn't like to put the effort into making another e-mail account. I don't get enough e-mail to come close to filling my first e-mail account. While e-mail might be fine for you, it's not necessarily the best way for everyone. And that doesn't mean they wouldn't like to chat, it just means they wouldn't want to use e-mail to chat.

Revisiting this thread...

YES WE SHOULD HAVE A CHAT... (sorry for the yelling, I'm having a volume control issue today.) Any seconds or thirds?