Java/Chat issue

[Linus]

Originally Posted by JustBeingMe

Using windows 7 latest versions of IE, Safari, Google chrome, chat cannot be accessed by using the Chat Room link next to Log Out. It gives the following message :
The website encountered an error while retrieving http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/addonchat.php?do=popup&. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.
Here are some suggestions:
Reload this webpage later.
HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error): An unexpected condition was encountered while the server was attempting to fulfill the request.
(I already sent you an email with screen shots) I get this message only on the Main Page if I directly click onto chat on top right next to Log Out.

I have to use a different way to get into chat either by
1. clicking on New Posts and then clicking the chat room next to log out,
2. clicking on Chat under Site Navigation or
3.clicking on chat under the Reunion Info. on far right.


Also, to get the window to float after chat room opens, I have to click on the tab left of the question mark at the bottom of chat if I enter chat via site Navigation.
If I enter chat by going through New Posts, the chat automatically floats the window.

Thanks for your help ALL MIGHTY GURU LINUS.

This particular error I'm finding challenging. As I run into it personally on one computer but on another, using the same browser, I don't run into it. Have you tried clearing out cookies for the site?

[JustBeingMe]

Originally Posted by Linus

This particular error I'm finding challenging. As I run into it personally on one computer but on another, using the same browser, I don't run into it. Have you tried clearing out cookies for the site?

Yes Linus. I clear out cookies from my browsers and from my computer by doing cleanup on a daily basis.
It is odd, because all my browsers.....IE latest edition, Safari latest update, Chrome lastest update and having Java's lasted update 7 u13 do that same thing; but I am not the only one having that issue. Most of the chatters are having the same one as me. Some of them couldn't even get into chat for some reason. I have asked chatters that have encountered any problems to post. If no one else posts the issues they have encountered, you won't know whats happening.
Anyway, your posts here have helped resolve an issue for at least one particular chatter, as well as me telling them how I get into chat.
Thanks for your time Linus, I know you are very busy at work with tons on your plate. Hopefully more will post with the issues they have encountered and the way they are managing to get into chat.
Anyway, this didn't start happening until chat was being worked on when it was being updated to accommodate more chatters.

[Linus]

Ya. Well the front page piece was always a challenge before so not surprised it returned. As long as there are ways to still get in via the links when in the forum area or from the front chat icon.

[Jean_TX]

I have a Google Nexus tablet that I'm using to surf. The tablet OS is Android 4.2.1. I cannot "chat" at all. I've tried using the Chrome and Dolphin browsers and neither can handle java applets. Based on my scant research, no Android browser can cope with java. Do you have any plans to provide a means for us tablet users to chat?

Thanks for any assistance.

[JustBeingMe]

Originally Posted by Jean_

I have a Google Nexus tablet that I'm using to surf. The tablet OS is Android 4.2.1. I cannot "chat" at all. I've tried using the Chrome and Dolphin browsers and neither can handle java applets. Based on my scant research, no Android browser can cope with java. Do you have any plans to provide a means for us tablet users to chat?

Thanks for any assistance.

Jean I posted a couple different ways you can try to use to get into chat , above. Try those and see what happens.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Jean_

I have a Google Nexus tablet that I'm using to surf. The tablet OS is Android 4.2.1. I cannot "chat" at all. I've tried using the Chrome and Dolphin browsers and neither can handle java applets. Based on my scant research, no Android browser can cope with java. Do you have any plans to provide a means for us tablet users to chat?

Thanks for any assistance.

That's actually our plan. Both Medusa and I have reached a level of fed-up-ness with the chat software and the lack of support from the vendor and are looking at alternatives. One of my key requirements is that it is tablet agnostic (ideally using HTML 5 rather than Flash or java).

Originally Posted by JustBeingMe

Jean I posted a couple different ways you can try to use to get into chat , above. Try those and see what happens.

Justbeingme: I do appreciate the help. However, as I stated in the first post of the thread, I ONLY wanted postings from members where they were having issues. As an FYI: Because tablets (e.g., iPhones, iPads, Androids, etc.) don't support java at all, none of the suggestions you put forward would work.

[Jean_TX]

Originally Posted by Linus

That's actually our plan. Both Medusa and I have reached a level of fed-up-ness with the chat software and the lack of support from the vendor and are looking at alternatives. One of my key requirements is that it is tablet agnostic (ideally using HTML 5 rather than Flash or java).

...snip

I look forward to the adoption of chat software that is both java & flash free. Thanks for your response.