Posted by aaron on March 17, 2008 at 8:58pm
What is the current best solution to get a simple chat in a block? I tried chatroom, which I really liked, but when I try creating a "view" in a block, it gets all screwy. I'd next consider phpfreechat, but its warnings about jquery scare me off. I guess a third party solution is the next option?
Thanks,
Aaron Winborn

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State of Chat?
There are a couple of other solution you can look at. It all depends on the solution you are looking for.
Shoutbox http://drupal.org/project/issues/shoutbox
Ajaxim http://drupal.org/project/ajaxim
There may be some more. I use the Shoutbox but have not tried ajaxim.
I use Chatblock, which
I use Chatblock, which provides a chat block as its name implies. You can see how it looks like on my site http://ispeakx.com
Language learning by social networking
Language learning by social networking
FlashChat?
Is anyone using FlashChat with their Drupal site? http://www.tufat.com/s_flash_chat_chatroom.htm
It seems to be used very effectively at couchsurfing.com
I'm tempted to give it a go, but would like to hear if anyone's had any experiences with it.
Cheers