New Chat Interface and Functionality

Today we've released a new chat interface. New features include:

-clickable links
-cleaner and lightweight UI, removed images and optimized some js
-pop out, pop in, draggable and resizable functionality
-space optimization

Default View:

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Minimized View:

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Popped Out View:
-Drag the chat box by moving your mouse while clicking and holding on the top.
-Resize the chat box by positioning your mouse cursor at the edges of the chat box, click and drag to the size you would like.
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Next updates we're planning on improving the group chat management, please let us know your feedback and other suggestions you may have.

If you experience any issues with the new interface please let us know in this thread or through support.

 

cool pity one cant move over the stupid facebook ads of the vc page

 

Hi Eric....SN tried this chat out...for sure improvement from the way it used to be...good work...but we found that using it on FB and the KANO page it gets in the way of the game ...there is no putting it to the left or right that it doesnt cover up something on the game page...theres no where to put it that it doesnt cover something..Links work when put in the chat / good....we can close out world chat to not be mixed in our convos/good....so as we see it for now it will for sure work...when and if FB pulls all group chat types...

but its still cumbersome with the docking...when clicking to go to ...say..a vikings page to slap it does go with us to that profile but its in the way to attack/slap...quickly...LOL..some may not understand that..but those who play with a bit of intensity will understand....

Great job on the urgent fix for this ....thank you.........some tweeking is in order to make this more user friendly yet.....

kayjay said it right...too bad we cant move it over the ads....

 

Thanks for the feedback LaScepter and Kajay, The most space you're going to have to dock the chat left/right of the game will be at http://fb.kanogames.com/vikingclan/ (also helps if you have a higher resolution monitor). Our next steps is to add better group management functionality, but feel free to send us your feedback and we'll see what we can do to improve the chat.

 

I like it! Thanks

 

yes (Y) & please add standard smiley's plus perhaps some unique Kano Smiley's

 

Our guild gave it a go. I liked it but it was a bit awkward for folks not to "cross" chat into the world chat. There was also chat lag, so a person would type a series of messages, and then "boom" they all appeared at once. The use of the "/g" had some greater persistence, but still too short: I don't know why you can't just choose to be in guild chat there and dispense with the use of the "/g" altogether. The Kanoapps page is fine for placement purposes, left or right it stays out of the way but you do have the chat going to the top, when clicking on a link which goes to a new tab, making for good habits of closing tabs you open. Some players prefer tho have multiple tabs open, and with the chat moving placement wise on each new tab, it makes that difficult. Adjust to a home window I told em ... but hard to change habits!!!!!!

The lack of a search feature in the group function makes use of a group all but impossible.

Also, I guess early world chat users would get banned for saying this or that. There bans should be limited so they can get back, but 2-3 strikes your out I would guess. Told one fellow to write to support but have no idea what he said or how he said what he said etc.

Interesting list of words you have banned too, and get automatically taken out for swearing ... Dick is a fellow I know. He prefer Dick to Richard so we can't call him Dick as he prefers. We end up Dcik'ing him. I would guess you have a set of words that fail the grandma test.

 

Glad to hear you tried it out Kel. If you have friends who have had their chat disabled, definitely get them to write in to support about it (and an apology never hurts, depending on what they said to get it disabled in the first place.)
I agree that our **** list is a little sensitive, but it's worth noting that players don't get automatically banned for typing a banned word. We definitely look at the context to figure out if it was an accident or if they were actually trying to be offensive. For example, assassin currently shows up as ********in, which we definitely don't ban players for, although it is often reported.

 

Pasting this threat link to friends in FB as something to read to understand better the chat functionality ask a simple security question: VW374hd in captcha messages. Its dreadful to say the least. Hopefully some of the points on the technical side can be dealt with

 

VW374hd in captcha messages DANG WISH GOT THAT 1 IT'S EASY LOL