Best VBulletin chatroom? whats your opinion
 

Ok. I been looking around for a decent chatroom to integrate with my Vbulletin community, Currently I have the basic VB chat which has like no support anymore so I want something a bit more user friendly. I was considering Sigmachat but the price is just crazy. Any suggestions folks?

Been using this for a couple of years now .. FlashChat and if you're using 3.5.0 there is a hack intergration here

I second that ;)

I'll third it...FlashChat integrates nicely with vB and it's only $5 !

OK so Flash chat would be good then :)

Flash Chat. Fo' Sho'!

Yep. Flash chat is an amazing product.

Heading that way myself. Now to find that post on how to rip vBChat back out of my database.

As far as a chat client goes, Flash Chat is brilliant.

But, I am wondering has anyone else had problems with Flash Chat and being logged-in?

Since install Flash Chat I seem to have around a 10 min time-out on my log-in status. In the past I could just close my browser, even shut down my system go to bed and when I got up in the morning I didn't have to log-in again (The cookies make it appear that I appear offline after 10 mins).

But it is getting really annoying to have to log-in every time I go idel for 10 mins or more.

flash chat!!!

its a msn rip off lol but oh well.

one thing i dont like about it is sometimes there is a delay when you try and post your msg.

if the chat room this site uses was available then i would use that one.

Deffo Flashchat!

i'm using flashchat, works great, although i do have a few members with older computers who have said that it bogs down their pc

Looks like I'm a follower......I use FlashChat also.
I tried VBChat but pulled it back out. FlashChat is well supported and integrates with VB well.

And Paul M's support for his hacks rocks :)

FlashChat is cute but RealChat leaves them all in the dust. ;)

Realchat: Why? How?

Can someone attach a poll to this thread?

userplane.com ... userplane webchat is the most efficient and powerful chat... ok, they lack a lot of integration with vB, but at least there is a complete WEBCAM system integrated even with the free version... thing you will never find with all the others...

ok, my opinion is biased, i worked for them to integrate the basic webchat to vB!

Flashchat has issues. I couldn't ever get it to be stable with large groups. Hit around 50 - 70 users and it will freeze and bounce people.

Moved to Realchat. Pricey vut stable. Leaves a lot to be desired. Realchat needs to continue development.

I am currently in the market to move away from Realchat. Looked at userplane but I don't see where I can buy it. Just a monthly fee which is high for the amount of users I have.

Oh, forgot to mention I tried Sigmachat, vbChat, and a few others. Didn't fit the bill.

Which version did you try? The free one? I am using the Enterpise Edition and it workks like a charm for me. Have never had any issues with it. What is it you are looking for in a chat room exactly?

Flash Chat ...............

This is an issue at FlashChat's forums, and that is what was recommended.
Have your chat users collapse the user list. I know it sounds weird, but it actually works.

Be a good idea to have a poll on this topic

Can someone post links to the chat programs mentioned? Thanks.

Ok, all. I have listened to your words, and hands down, nothing compares to userplane. I love it. I understand the problem with realchat, flashchat, sigma chat and vBchat. userplane is free, but can get brutally expensive.

http://biblocality.com/forums check it out here.

Any problems with RealChat would have to be user error in setting it up. ;)

That's true for the http connections mode. If you setup the socket server mode it can handle many more, using dedicated tcp connections.

Flashchat has always been my preference...great product for $5 and the updates to the 3.5 installation make it pain free to install!

Realchat is no fun because you have to keep a separate webpage open.

I have mine in a pop-up window. Where did you get that strange idea from? ;)

Enterprise here also. What $799 later, I like the moderate ability and the one window vice two. Still has issues. And when I mean issues I don't mean bugs I am talking about functionality that I have already addressed with the coder. The new change that allows alphabet order for logged in users is nice. But I can't stand the lack of scroll back capability and even worse is if you scroll back to see what was written and a new member types it refocuses to the new entry.

Do you get a black border around the chat box in the window?

Nope

Can you pm me what you are using for the link code? Mine has a black edge around it and I'm not sure how to get rid of it.

I have looked at userplane, realchat, flashchat, and sigmachat. All of them fail in one important aspect - visual appeal. So who has the visual appeal and in development?

Amfichat. Click on the "Chat",

http://biblocality.com/forums/

That's just a flash chat, right? I prefer RealChat's visual style myself. And it is much more configurable. ;)

I like the look a lot more than realchat. Realchat is an old look. amfichat has an mp3 player too. It just looks better. Lots of development coming in 2006 I am told. Besides Realchat says you need a dedicated server, which costs a lot more money and you have to pay after 30 users.

Realchat says, "a dedicated server machine or true shell account. Free web hosting services, or web-only hosting, won’t work."

I don't have a dedicated serever but a shared one and RealChat runs just fine on it with no slowdown or problems at all. ;)

To me, RealChat was well worth the money for all of its configurability and options. And the look can be changed very easily. You can even make your own skins for it. ;)

To each his own, I guess. ;)

Graphically, Amfichat is still the best, by far. Totally destroys the graphics of realchat, userplane, sigmachat, and flashchat. Take a look. http://biblocality.com/chatroom.html

Didn't you just post that a few days ago :rolleyes:

Amfichat doesn't have any integration yet afaik.

It's just another flash chat program, nothing more and nothing less. ;)

Like Paul M. said, the integration is far from other chat programs. ;)

Amfichat graphically the best looking by far. And they promise full integration with vBulletin in 2006. That's why I like it. If I am going to chat, that's what I want. If you don't have that, I am not interested. I don't think flashchat, userplane, realchat or flashchat are ever going to improve on that front.

Eventually one day amfichat will have audio (it has an mp3player now) and video.

This is a promise by the way. It is not unreasonable to expect a better chat program to come along which Amfichat just might fit the bill.