A few additional notes that AthenaOfDelphi forgot to share about chat:
The new live chat supports audio notifications for new messages being posted in chat and also audio notifications for new posts being posted in forum threads.
So the chat could also be useful when you are anticipating a response in some forum thread.
Also based on my testing the chat system uses site cookie for session validations. What this means? If you login to PGD site by using normal login the cookie that site generates expire 15 minutes after your last activity on site and therefore requires you to log in again. This will probably cause the chat system to stop receiving new messages and forum post notifications.
In order to avoid this I recommend logging in with permanent login (checking the "Remember me" checkbox on login page). This way site creates a non expiring cookie so your session doesn't expire 15 minutes after your last activity. Also so far my testing has show that this way chat system keeps tracking the forum status all the time. It will still treat you as being away so your name won't be seen in "Users in chat box" area.
Oh the default sound notification sound is a bit annoying but Athena haven't found suitable replacement in possible sounds that are supplied with chat system by default. So if you know for any royalty-free sound which might be more suitable for this do share it with us and we will try to use it if possible. Comment from Athena - As Silver has stated, the sound is slightly annoying, I did investigate using other sounds but they are packed up in some form (I believe a Flash file) and I was unable to create a file that worked... trust me it wasn't for the want of trying because after a while the sound is VERY annoying, but on the flip side you can turn it off
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