No more Potter chat?

[Kelley]

Annemehr: 
> > Is there any reason why we can't just use the Chat link at 
> > the left of the screen in HPfGU?  I never knew why we didn't.
> > 
> > Annemehr,
> > waving to Hmum and other chatters

Dudemom_2000: 
> I don't want to install YM either. If we have to use the chat link 
> on the left then I guess that is what we will have to do.... I 
would 
> really hate to lose the Sunday chats. Actually I am suprised Yahoo 
> hasn't made a statement to all members regarding this. I will wait 
> and see what the ListElves post on Sunday on where to go to chat - 
> OT chat or main list chat. 

The reason we created the HP1 room way back was because the Group 
Chat function was so problematic for so many people -- some folks 
could get in and use it fine, others would find their computers 
hanging up while trying to enter, could enter but not post, only saw 
half the conversations, could only get an unusably small chat window, 
kept getting bounced at a ridiculous rate (heh, that's when the duct 
tape jokes started), etc., etc.

As laughably bad as Yahoo Chat (from the Yahoo site, the location of 
HP1) was/is, it was still loads better than Group Chat.  I'm in the 
main list Chat right now, and it's doing okay so far.  If any 
chatters are around and want to test this out, please do; if it seems 
to be working well enough, we can just move chat there. Chat on main 
seems a more logical place than on OTC, but really, can be whichever 
people prefer.  Anyone want to give it a try now, see what they think?

--Kelley