We'll have a vote of which one is better, it'll be kept on the Forum, 2 days. If you already have your decision, please vote here.
@ the end, me and Skoch will make a decision from all the votes and we'll make the forum as such.
Do not think in the mannerisms of it's sexy, but rather on what impact it'll do on the forum, the effectiveness, and the fairness.
To Dfox, we are not using Chat groups, so some of the pros have been crossed out and things you can do in Chatango have been also crossed out.
Pros of Xat:
Xat has a feature that allows you to put a radio on the chatbox.
You can change what owners, mods, and members can do and make temporary moderators/owners.
There's a feature for video or voice chatting that's easy to use and works well.
There's an IM feature which adds your friends from Windows Live and AIM to your Xat friends and allows you to talk to them.
With Xat friends and PC/PM system, you don't need to open a new tab just to talk to somebody privately. When you click their name and click "private chat" it will allow you to talk to them in the chatbox on a separate tab. You can add friends and see what chat they're at and PC them no matter which chat it is.
You can give your chat tags so people can find it when searching using xat search feature.
Your Xat account CAN'T be hacked as long as you have account locking. People logging in from a different IP address will immediately be locked out and have no access at all to your account.
Xat also has no lag unless people are stupid enough to put like 10 smileys in their name and there are 5 or 6 people all with 10 smileys each. It will never just stall out and then post a bunch of messages in a row like Chatango does.
You can change your name without making a new account and you can change your picture right there in the chat, no need to open a new tab. There are also default avatars provided for you, but you can use your own.
They have a chat for helping with anything you could need and also a support system that doesn't require you to email them then wait for an email back.
Possibly the most impressive feature is the report unfair ban. Whenever you're banned by a moderator, you can fill out an unfair ban report which will be sent to the main owner. It will show messages leading up to the ban and give an option to demote the moderator.
You can also put your own Background on Xat, unlike Chatango. Also you can use your own buttons for sign out and stuff.
Oh, and Xat will show your chat on its homepage if a lot of users go to it. "A lot" can be as few as 5!
Cons of Xat:
You have to buy powers and days to make your user look sexy and even said above "it doesn't matter", it's quite unfair to those who don't want to waste money on a chat.
No IP's will be addressed (this one will be a big one me and Skoch will talk about), so if lets say a troll comes in, we can't auto IP him and tell him to get off the account.
No message deleting (Refreshing and/or signing in or out is WAY too much time to do some disciplinary action)
No automatic embedding (meaning videos will not be played and pictures will not be shown)
You can't upload an icon from your PC or a URL, you can only search in Photobucket or upload your own picture from your Photobucket account
You can't change your font in Xat, meaning everyone will have the same style font with the same color, and if there was a choice to change them, it would require money because obviously it would be a power with DAYS involved.
You can't ban words that might be overkilled to death such as Cool Story Bro (sorry for the example Pik, but you've gotten over it so I'm not targeting you) or posting videos.
@ the end, me and Skoch will make a decision from all the votes and we'll make the forum as such.
Do not think in the mannerisms of it's sexy, but rather on what impact it'll do on the forum, the effectiveness, and the fairness.
To Dfox, we are not using Chat groups, so some of the pros have been crossed out and things you can do in Chatango have been also crossed out.
Pros of Xat:
Xat has a feature that allows you to put a radio on the chatbox.
You can change what owners, mods, and members can do and make temporary moderators/owners.
There's a feature for video or voice chatting that's easy to use and works well.
There's an IM feature which adds your friends from Windows Live and AIM to your Xat friends and allows you to talk to them.
With Xat friends and PC/PM system, you don't need to open a new tab just to talk to somebody privately. When you click their name and click "private chat" it will allow you to talk to them in the chatbox on a separate tab. You can add friends and see what chat they're at and PC them no matter which chat it is.
You can give your chat tags so people can find it when searching using xat search feature.
Your Xat account CAN'T be hacked as long as you have account locking. People logging in from a different IP address will immediately be locked out and have no access at all to your account.
Xat also has no lag unless people are stupid enough to put like 10 smileys in their name and there are 5 or 6 people all with 10 smileys each. It will never just stall out and then post a bunch of messages in a row like Chatango does.
You can change your name without making a new account and you can change your picture right there in the chat, no need to open a new tab. There are also default avatars provided for you, but you can use your own.
They have a chat for helping with anything you could need and also a support system that doesn't require you to email them then wait for an email back.
Possibly the most impressive feature is the report unfair ban. Whenever you're banned by a moderator, you can fill out an unfair ban report which will be sent to the main owner. It will show messages leading up to the ban and give an option to demote the moderator.
You can also put your own Background on Xat, unlike Chatango. Also you can use your own buttons for sign out and stuff.
Oh, and Xat will show your chat on its homepage if a lot of users go to it. "A lot" can be as few as 5!
Cons of Xat:
You have to buy powers and days to make your user look sexy and even said above "it doesn't matter", it's quite unfair to those who don't want to waste money on a chat.
No IP's will be addressed (this one will be a big one me and Skoch will talk about), so if lets say a troll comes in, we can't auto IP him and tell him to get off the account.
No message deleting (Refreshing and/or signing in or out is WAY too much time to do some disciplinary action)
No automatic embedding (meaning videos will not be played and pictures will not be shown)
You can't upload an icon from your PC or a URL, you can only search in Photobucket or upload your own picture from your Photobucket account
You can't change your font in Xat, meaning everyone will have the same style font with the same color, and if there was a choice to change them, it would require money because obviously it would be a power with DAYS involved.
You can't ban words that might be overkilled to death such as Cool Story Bro (sorry for the example Pik, but you've gotten over it so I'm not targeting you) or posting videos.