A good tip is make sure that In
Options in
"Sounds" make sure you enable
" Other user enters room " This will enable an alert to sound every time someone new enters the room.
Then when you are the only person in the chat room the alert will sound so that you will hear them enter.
Minimize the chat and continue to check out the posts on SMF. When you hear the chat entry sound you can quickly click on it and begin chatting to your hearts content.
Also in
Options.....
Text..... select
"Use my text color for all recieved messages" This way when someone is using a color of text that is hard to read such as pale yellow, pink, or blushing purple etc. your settings will convert it to a more readable color.
When I first logged into chat for some reason my font was set to white with a white background which looked like the chat was off. After tweeking the options I reset the background color and viola there was the chat.
A long while back 04-13-2007
ddemerath posted.
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I tried the chat tonite. It said there were 12 people on but no-one seemed to be responding. I may just have to stick with the forums. I had a question about smoking different meats at the same time. UnQuote
If ddemerath's font was set to white like mine was initially then the other users would not see his posts in chat.
Hope this helps.