Looking for Info, Advise, or Links - Chat Options that work with vB Member Info!

[Quarterbore]

I am looking for advise on a fast Chat aplication that I can integrate into vB... I tried vB Chat and it installs great and works but it is pretty slow... I have a community where I could expect 30-50 members on Chat at any given time and I need a better option.

Can someone provide me with the names of some Chat programs you are using or some links where I can find more info... I would buy something if that is the only way to get a faster chat BUT the chat has to be able to be integrated with vB's member database at a minimum and Group Permissions would be really nice to have...

Thanks for any advise or help!

[silurius]

Have you looked at FlashChat? I know you want free, but it's a mere $5, meets your other requirements, doesn't take too long to set up and gets great support. Check it out at Darren's Script Archive (http://www.tufat.com).

[Quarterbore]

Free isn't all that important... As long as I am able to use vB's subscriptions so that if the Chat get's too expensive that I can have the members that want to use it cover some of the costs...

Our big requirements is the abuility to limit the chat to forum members only... This way if a problem occurs we can use vB's tools to lock out the problems... A nice to have would be the subscription or groups access rights as described above...

I will look at your suggestion!!!

Thanks!

[Quarterbore]

I have been testing the Flash Chat and it seems quite good... I will be working on the vBulletin integration soon... thanks for the excellent tip!