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Chat is one of the many things that bring people together. Its a good way to send a quick hello or ask questions.
At first MNFurs chat only worked on desktop browsers then MNFurs Chat became mobile web browser friendly. Now for android and iOS users we are testing out a native chat app on your phone or tablet.
The experience in the iOS/Android app mimics the feel of the web site plus you can talk to anyone on the website. So you can do one on one chats or full fledge group chats with anyone logged into MNFurs website.
And best of all, you can get push messages so even if you aren’t running the chat you can get personal messages sent to you.
Fun isn’t it!
Please note: This is beta, and we may disable this feature at any time. Please provide feedback by posting in the forum or use the contact us form.
Hope you like it.
One last thing – KEEP ONLY LOG INTO WEBSITE OR MOBILE AT ONE TIME. OTHERWISE, YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE ANY MESSAGES.
FAQ
Q) Does it cost anything to use?
A) Only the typical data charge of your data plan usage. Otherwise it’s free for you to use.Q) Do you keep messages?
A) Not really we keep a small cache of old messages in server memory but most of the messages are deleted shortly after receiving for privacy and disk space reasons.Q) I went to the chatroom and left the app. I am getting messages from the chat room. HOW DO YOU MAKE IT STOP?
A) You can either select “leave chatroom” or log off from the menu.Q) Why do the avatars look a little blurry?
A) We are using the smaller avatars (Think thumbnail) to be nicer on phones data connection. Also if the Avatars take too long loading you might miss a message. Don’t want that to happen.Q) The chat reacts slow sometimes why is that?
A) The chat system is “resource saving” as in it uses a reduce network resources when you aren’t using it. So when you send a private message at first it’s very slow to react. As you use it will “ramp up the speed” and provide a better and faster connection.Q) The App has “Comet Chat” as the name not MNFurs why is that?
A) There are $399 reasons why it says it. We are using Comet Chat as our back end and right now to get the mobile chat working we can either program our own, use the free one by Comet Chat, or pay $399 for personalized one. We are going with the free one because the price is right.Q) I received an email that someone sent me a private message on the site, but it didn’t appear in my messenger.
A) Well the web site messenger system is separate from the chat system at this time. The web/mobile chat is more for “quick messages” and can be lost easily.Known Issues
Right now I had to disable the initial chat history when you start up the app. It had side effects of pushing out multiple messages and I need to find a fool proof fix for it.Download and setup Instructions
Android version for phones and tablets can be downloaded from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inscripts.cometchat
iOS (iPad/iPhone) can be downloaded here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/cometchat/id594110077?mt=8
To use
Site URL: http://www.mnfurs.org
Username: <MNFurs username>
Password: <MNFurs password>If you would like a more “secure” chat experience use https://www.mnfurs.org. This will require more overhead.
Hope this works for you!
- This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by Kurst Hyperyote. Reason: Updated FAQ - Added questions about avtars
- This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by MNFursStaff. Reason: Quick comment about chat.speed
- This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by Kurst Hyperyote. Reason: Updated URL to reflect SSL
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Kurst "YipYap" HyperyoteMobile chat Site URL has been changed to https://www.mnfurs.org .If you use the older URL it will warn you need to download the older version of the app. Just switch to the new URL and you are ready to go.
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Kurst "YipYap" HyperyoteKnown issue –The app is duplicating displaying messages. So it looks like it’s sending and receiving twice but it’s not. I can see it on iOS and Android – at least on devices I tested. Will be patching/looking into a work around soon.Fixed right now…. On things I need to keep watch on.
It looks good though.
- This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by Kurst Hyperyote.
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Kurst "YipYap" HyperyoteI was going to talk to you about this yesterday 🙁I am completely lost with what you are saying
I deleted ComChat from my phone… Now what?
Maybe we’ll have to talk in person
Sigh
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The app doesn’t seem to be working on my phone it keeps telling me the website is wrong I’ve tried it multiple times different ways copying the link straight from my url the link posted and without http attached.♡~ @A_Kazy
The app doesn’t seem to be working on my phone it keeps telling me the website is wrong I’ve tried it multiple times different ways copying the link straight from my url the link posted and without http attached.
I was going to talk to you about this yesterday I am completely lost with what you are saying
I deleted ComChat from my phone… Now what?
Maybe we’ll have to talk in person
SighRight now there is no known issues with the site with Comet Chat if you type the full domain. What I have been seeing is people not typing our site.
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