Maybe an interesting graphic will help. Like using that cool box for counting cell cultures that Ty and Felix resurrected. We can have a webcam focussed on it. We can use the actual counter on it to display the total people on the site. I'm nothing if I'm not retro at heart.<br>
<br>A culture plate with a little electrode to increment a mechanical counter. I think we really need to come up with a great way to showcase what must be the most interesting piece of equipment in Endy Lab. Now that those water filled slime thingees are broken...<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 10, 2008 2:35 PM, Jason Kelly <<a href="mailto:jasonk@mit.edu" target="_blank">jasonk@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'd actually be surprised if there are ever a lot of people logged in<br>to edit at the same time. I'm not sure exactly what the typical usage<br>pattern looks like for OWW members, but I'm guessing many people go to<br>
the site to check a couple things, make a quick edit or two, and then<br>leave. Better publication of who is logged in currently might actually<br>give folks more reason to hang around though. cool feature for sure,<br>
will be neat to watch it.<br>
<br>thanks,<br><font color="#888888">jason<br></font><div><div></div><div><br>On Feb 10, 2008 2:13 PM, julius.lucks <<a href="mailto:julius.lucks@gmail.com" target="_blank">julius.lucks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hey Bill,<br>
><br>> This is really cool. The formatting of the page needs a little bit of work<br>> I think, but certainly something very useful to have.<br>><br>> It is amazing how few people are logged in on a sunday!<br>
><br>> Julius<br>><br>><br>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> Please Reply to My Permanent Address: <a href="mailto:julius@younglucks.com" target="_blank">julius@younglucks.com</a><br>
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><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On Feb 10, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Bill F wrote:<br>> I've installed an extension that I'd looked at before but never used.<br>><br>> Check it out here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Sandbox1" target="_blank">http://openwetware.org/wiki/Sandbox1</a><br>><br>> This is a "current online users" list. The first version is pretty simple.<br>> All it shows is the IP address (I added for debugging) and the username. The<br>
> anonymous users aren't displayed but the total counts of both the anonymous<br>> and registered users is.<br>><br>> The list can be formatted as is required. Anything in the User's preference<br>> page can be included.<br>
><br>> To put the list on another page, just use the tag:<br>><br>> <whosonline></whosonline><br>><br>> There's a new table in the database called 'online'. Currently the table<br>
> contains the timestamp, ip address, and the username of each logged in user.<br>><br>> I have some ideas, based upon some of the comments of late, about what we<br>> can do with this. One thing is to extend it to also contain the online chat<br>
> status. I'd like to head what other people think.<br>><br>> We can also extend it to show a view of whos is logged into the private<br>> wikis or who is currently logged into WordPress MU and at least display the<br>
> total number of users of that system.<br>><br>> Let me know what you think. Try logging in and out and see if the page<br>> changes. It seems to be working pretty well.<br>><br>> Thanks.<br>><br>> B.<br>
><br>><br>><br>> On Feb 9, 2008 6:57 PM, Austin Che <<a href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">austin@csail.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> ><br>> > I've simply removed the extra chat tabs from all pages. This gets<br>
> > rid of the page specific chat rooms. We can simply add a link to<br>> > Special:Chat anywhere like the sidebar. This still allows people<br>> > to jump into arbitrary rooms with something like<br>
> > <a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Special:Chat/random" target="_blank">http://openwetware.org/wiki/Special:Chat/random</a><br>> ><br>> > I personally think an IRC backend with a web/php front end would<br>
> > be the ideal combination.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > I think this is a good idea. In general the IRC model seems to work<br>> > > great - one main chat room with the ability to have a private one-on-<br>
> > > one chat if you want.<br>> > ><br>> > > J<br>> > ><br>> > > Please Reply to <a href="mailto:julius@younglucks.com" target="_blank">julius@younglucks.com</a><br>> > ><br>
> > > On Feb 8, 2008, at 8:30 PM, "Jason Kelly" <<a href="mailto:jasonk@mit.edu" target="_blank">jasonk@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>> > >> One thing that might improve the chat would be to just have the<br>> > >> "lounge", and not have individual chat pages for different wiki pages.<br>> > >> That way anyone who clicks the chat button ends up in the same place.<br>
> > >><br>> > >> If chat volume ever got so high it was confusing we could go back to<br>> > >> the many chat room option, but just having one chat room would<br>> > >> increase the likelihood of people bumping into each other.<br>
> > >><br>> > >> What do people think? Would anyone care if the page-specific chat<br>> > >> rooms disappeared?<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Austin Che <<a href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">austin@csail.mit.edu</a>> (617)253-5899<br>
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