This discussion actually has just come up within our WestGrid AG tech community. We are currently discussing which text chat protocol to go with.
Two of the more useful aspects of the moo was its lack of integration and its stability. The entire video conference could be collapsing around you, but the moo was always there and you could always count on it being there. It seems with AG2 that the text chat is the first thing to go, which is a major problem. Just when you need the text chat, it stops working! Hopefully the next AG version will solve a lot of these issues.... Until then, since most of our group never had any experience with AG1 (and the moo), our group is currently leaning towards IRC and/or passing around MSN id's. Todd -- Collaboration & Visualization Technician WestGrid - www.westgrid.ca IRMACS - www.irmacs.com Ph. 604.268.6979 Todd Zimmerman - [email protected] Jeff Carpenter wrote: > I still use the Mud chat whenever possible. My moo interface (SimpleMu) > is customizable with color coding. Messages "to you" are one color and > whispered messages are another. > > I like being able to sideline a chat with a person without having to > move to different venue by using the "whisper" command. > > Cheers, > Jeff > > At 05:00 PM 4/22/2004 -0700, Randy Groves wrote: > >> An interesting observation - how many people still do their back chat >> in the Mud and not in the AG2 message facility? How many people >> prefer the Mud? Any plans to re-incorporate the Mud into the AG? >> >> -randy >>
