When the 2.1 was just a improvement out of this one, what didn't you like about it?

Well, if you are looking for a similiar hack that is supported might I suggest one of these three. All three by very good coders, and very well supported, and maintained thus far. The choice in which one is best for you depends on the features you need. Personally, I use the MGC Chatbox and it does everything I need, and more, and very light on resources. But, maybe one of the others works betteer for you, so I suggest you compare each one and try it out.

• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=148472
  
• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147346
  
• https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=131002
  

the lads on the forum liked the time stamps and the 1 min ago part, they can live without the how long ago, but a working time stamp per zone is a must, and the use of forum smilies is a bonus i would like to keep, i did download MGC but i have not as of yet installed as it still looks work in progress with all the updates.

about time i took another look, thanks for the links im going to check em out..

MGC is a great product. It's not complete, because he's adding functionality. There are very few, if any, bug fixes. I have not had a problem with it as far as from the bug aspect. In my forum it works as it should.

Inferno Shoutbox is nice ;)

Yep, sure is. I used it until I found the MGC Chatbox, which has all the functionality I want, whereas the Inferno Shoutbox did not have them all. :)

After looking closely at it, it does have pretty neat features

And it doesn't cost. ;)

I prefer good old vBShout 2.0 though. :)

i installed MCG shoutbox, spot on :)

Is it possible to add a custom command for admins to chat amongst each other without normal users being able to see it? Or maybe add a separate shout box in a specified forum that only admins/mods have access too?