andrew76, does this applet use a lot of server resources? I was alway led to believe chat applets are pretty server resource intensive and most hosting companies don't allow you to even install them for the very reason I assume.
I have a dedicated server but my site is very busy so i still have to watch what's going on behind the scenes

Also I assume this doesn't use any db resources once it's loaded? This hack could possibly help to release some stress from my off-topic forum which most users seems to use as a chat substitute.