Arillas Forum

Hi all

Was just wondering what has happened to the chat room , as nobody seems to use it much anymore. This time last year it was buzzing every day and night . Apologies in advanceif I have missed something .

Yammas
Dave n Anne

It normally still gets used at weekends mainly. I always get up at 3 am and go and talk to myself. Must admit it does get lonely in there. lol

How is ya Dave n Anne.


riggers............

Hi riggers

Am good thanks , feel a bit of a tw**t really . Having just posted this and then not kept my eye on it when Terryw arrived, so missed him .

Must do better

Dave

I often have trouble getting into the chat room.  Sometimes just a blue bar comes up instead of a blue room.  It tells everyone I have entered and then when I try again, it tells them I have left.
Sometimes I get in there in the end, usually after going in and out about six times, so by that time everyone is fed up with me faffing about, lol.

lynn xx

Ohhh Lynn mi dear, poor you . I thought that only happened to me. I don't use smalltalk anymore because people think i am nuts, repeating myself lol.  haha


riggers.............

That sometimes happens to me Lynn.....but at other times it seems ok.

All that in and out business sounds too energetic to me LOL . Thought it was only me having trouble .

Yammas  

Dave

FACEBOOK
KILLING THE CHATROOM
Hope you and Anne are both well, we just miss you this year, have a good Holiday.
Let Philip Know I will be in to see him again, Tell him to keep the diet coke cool

I often get the title bar but no chat room. I usually end up restarting my computer, and then it all works.

Dave, I agree. Much quieter now. Shame though - it was a way to reminisce, chew over things and renew contact with precious Arillas friends. A year is a long time in which to lose touch.... Sadly we too will miss you and Anne I think. We arrive the day after John and Dot and leave the day after they do.

riggers mate, it's too late to worry. We all know already. Just keep taking the tablets. On second thoughts keep taking the Mythos... tablets are no help at all!

John, I hope not. Facebook drives me MAD. I still keep trying, but am losing interest. I thought us all going on there was supposed to help Arillas??? Not much evidence of that yet.

and Lynn and Sandy, you were always "star turns" in the chatroom. Ever noticed how many follow yous in? Oh well. Back to me voddie....

Phil

ok....testing it now.....

Thanks for that, Phil.  After reading your message I restarted my computer, but that didn't help either!!!
I must have tried at least 15 times - aarrgghhhhhhhhh.............

lynn xx

Me too last night Lynn. Restarted twice, tried jen's laptop, logged in as justjen - nothing. One more try on mine and hey-presto was in. Haven't a clue now as to what is happening.

Oh well. At least we all know what's happening when someone is struggling!

After reading posts about not getting into the chat room I decided to see if mine was ok .. and lo & behold it is ... must be gremlins in the system... or  was I just lucky today ...lol

joan x

Hi Joan

Make sure you have the latest version of Flash Player installed - Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.22.87.

Check here http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=DXLUJ

Thanks for advice, Terry, I think it was me that needed it more than Joan!

I have now installed Adobe Flash Player 10, and what do I find?

Still can't get in!!

lynn xx

Hi lynn,
What Browser are you using and what version?

Try downloading Google Chrome and see if you get the same problem.

Terry

I have found a useful piece of software that could be used to show Dimitris what happens on your screen, when you have a problem.

You can record it here http://www.screentoaster.com/

I have done an example, shown below, to show  how to find out the version of your Browser, and then I have  recorded my screen when I  logged into the chatroom.

http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stU01dQkxIR1pWQFxaWV5cV1Rc

If you are still having problems Lynn maybe you could use the software to show what happens when you try to login to the the Chatroom.

The videos can also be uploaded to Youtube and could be used as Tutorial videos for explaining functions of the forum, eg how to display a Profile Photo, or how to display photos via a hosting website such as photobucket.

That screentoaster looks like a good idea Terry, I'll have to try it.

We are using IE 7 on our desktop machines, Terry, and I think Lynn has IE 8 on her laptop.

Hi Terry, I've installed Google Chrome on Lynn's laptop and I am using it now in the chatroom.

Does Chatroom work on your desktop Colin?

I have just tried logging into the chatroom with IE8 and I could only see half of the chatroom screen. So, I tried the following.

In IE8 go to Tools> and then click on Compatibility view. This puts the browser back to IE7 format for www.arillas.com. Reload the forum and try to open chatroom.

I have just done it and the chatroom opened.

Eveyone should know ...Any new Microsoft releases are bug ridden  (IE 8)  ..usually takes 3 yrs for them to get it anywhere near ok and then when they realise its #%4t  they bring a new version out ....and so on and on and on.....

IE8 has a bug with its links to "fixed anchors" and these are probably used to open the html script to open up the chatroom.

It would be interesting to know if any other members have tried the chatroom using IE8.

I agree with Kes and I think that all new Microsoft releases should have a health warning. :-)

New Security Settings for Internet Explorer 8
Proposed new Security for Internet Explorer 8.  World exclusive, new security features for Internet Explorer.

Dynamite security protection.
New tools to take you directly to the information you don't want.
Improved design to make everyday tasks impossible.
Supported Operating Systems: Linux, Apple Mac, Assembler*(http://www.guy-sports.com/fun_pictures/GuyComputerSecurityBig.jpg)

Nice one Kes.
For a REALLY GOOD version of Windows you need to visit :-
http://www.deanliou.com/WinRG/
It actually works best in Internet Explorer as it fills the screen and makes it look like it actually is running. But it will work in other browsers - just that it only fills the browser window.
If you are going to run it in Explorer don't forget you need to know the exit key combination (Alt + F4) as described on the opening page, otherwise you will have problems getting out of it.
:-)

Naughty   He He!!!

Thanks for the help.  We now have Google Chrome on all our computers and everything is back to normal.  Chatroom is easy to get into, and it shows all of it not just a blue bar.

I downloaded Google chrome when Terry advised it to Eileen. I am still using it now and find it very good.


riggers.........

Yes, it is proving very good, riggers - I can get in the chat room!!!

Thanks, Terry,

lynn xx

Hi all

Glad we all getting sorted with the problrms, hope to speak to you all soon in thr chat room . But better in Arillas .

Yammas

Dave n Anne

It works fine for me, but I'm like Billy nae pals sitting on my own in there.lol...

Just tried getting in chat via AOL,Mozilla firefox,and Internet explorer,
Had no trouble at all managed to get in on all 3 browsers