GM Script: chatglove - a floating game chat - version 1.6.16

[Lancelot du Lac]

Hello,

I have a little problem with the application. At home I have no problem. However when I use it at work, no notification appears.
I reinstalled the application, reinstalled firefox but nothing!

Someone has an idea?

[agentcom]

I know that - the problem is that using " mark all chat as read" doesn't clear the chat.

I've had issues with chat coming back, but not exactly what you're describing. Usually if chat comes back as new when it isn't, it's just a temporary issue.

This problem, the one chap describes, seems to be getting worse for me. I'll let pages load completely and 10 minutes later it will say that there's 10 games with new chat. It's getting kind of old going to a game and seeing my last snapshot being the last thing in chat.

[sherkaner]

Hmm, I just had a look at the code. Could it be that you have multiple games open at the same time a lot? I can see how things could go wrong there.


For the maintainer: I'm thinking things could go wrong when you have 2 (or more) games open, and the older game updates the _gameChatLinesKey, which overwrites the newer information from the other game. Doesn't explain everything, but it looks like it could go wrong there. saveChatLineCount should first read out the value, update it and then write it again, that should solve it.

[Leehar]

Just a mention that dwilhelmi is going to be taking a break from CC for a while, so I'm not sure if he'll be available to maintain the script currently?

[sherkaner]

Just a mention that dwilhelmi is going to be taking a break from CC for a while, so I'm not sure if he'll be available to maintain the script currently?

I didn't know about that break, I guess we'll have to see who picks it up.

[agentcom]

Hmm, I just had a look at the code. Could it be that you have multiple games open at the same time a lot? I can see how things could go wrong there.


For the maintainer: I'm thinking things could go wrong when you have 2 (or more) games open, and the older game updates the _gameChatLinesKey, which overwrites the newer information from the other game. Doesn't explain everything, but it looks like it could go wrong there. saveChatLineCount should first read out the value, update it and then write it again, that should solve it.

Sometimes. But other times, I feel like I just have 1 single window open. I cycle through all the games with chat, allowing enough time (I think) for the page to load completely. It is worse when I cycle through faster rather than slower. And I will try to recreate this problem with only 1 open game window.

[dwilhelmi]

Hmm, I just had a look at the code. Could it be that you have multiple games open at the same time a lot? I can see how things could go wrong there.


For the maintainer: I'm thinking things could go wrong when you have 2 (or more) games open, and the older game updates the _gameChatLinesKey, which overwrites the newer information from the other game. Doesn't explain everything, but it looks like it could go wrong there. saveChatLineCount should first read out the value, update it and then write it again, that should solve it.

Yes, I recall that being a known issue from before I took over the script. However, that is not the only cause. I also see this from time to time, and not when having multiple tabs open.

Just a mention that dwilhelmi is going to be taking a break from CC for a while, so I'm not sure if he'll be available to maintain the script currently?

Yes, I am retiring for an indeterminate amount of time. If anybody is interested in taking over support for chatglove, feel free to shoot me a PM.

[agentcom]

I just checked chat in all my games. There was no new chat. I only had one window open. I started browsing through the forum. When I was done I had 11 new chat. I started clicking through them. Only 1 was actually new chat. Every other one of them, I was the last to comment in. What is even more annoying, is that while I'm clicking through, I will watch the little blue number. It decreases by 1 when I get to the new page, but I will actually see it go up by 1 or 2 every once in a while, while I'm reading the chat (usually my own) and waiting for the page to load. Therefore, to get through the 11 supposedly new chat messages and read the single actual new chat message, I probably had to click that thing 20 or 30 times. That is really a pain in the ass.

[chapcrap]

I just checked chat in all my games. There was no new chat. I only had one window open. I started browsing through the forum. When I was done I had 11 new chat. I started clicking through them. Only 1 was actually new chat. Every other one of them, I was the last to comment in. What is even more annoying, is that while I'm clicking through, I will watch the little blue number. It decreases by 1 when I get to the new page, but I will actually see it go up by 1 or 2 every once in a while, while I'm reading the chat (usually my own) and waiting for the page to load. Therefore, to get through the 11 supposedly new chat messages and read the single actual new chat message, I probably had to click that thing 20 or 30 times. That is really a pain in the ass.

Maybe try to reload it... I haven't had these problems in quite a while.

[Dako]

You cab have problems if you use both http:// and https://. They keep info separately.

[agentcom]

You cab have problems if you use both http:// and https://. They keep info separately.

I have never intentionally tried to use either. My browser bar (FF) doesn't even include the http(s):// I never noticed that until just now actually.

Just tried reinstalling: I had to hit the button 62 times to get through 48 games because of CG bringing things back to life. Only 1 window open, I didn't use back or navigate anywhere else. I waited until the page was loaded to move on.

[Leehar]

I know it's happened every now and then, but it really shouldn't happen that many times (62?) (that it says you have chat when you don't)

[agentcom]

I know it's happened every now and then, but it really shouldn't happen that many times (62?) (that it says you have chat when you don't)

Well I had just reinstalled, so it brought up my 48 active games because all had chat in them. But as I was clicking through those 48, I had 14 of them "come back to life" after I had passed them, resulting in a total of 62 clicks to clear what should have been 48 chats to read. I see I have 4 Game Chat now (fresh login, only 1 window open). I'll go through those and let you know how many of them should have been cleared by my initial clicking through that I was talking about last time.

[edit: back to report results]

OK, so when I went through those 4 messages (only one window open, I copied this stuff to notepad):

11296282 - repeat
11306221 - repeat
11356396 - new chat
11363334 - repeat
11036738 - new chat popped up while reviewing

[agentcom]

I have no idea if it will help, but Game 11363329 is a frequent offender (at least today). I've had this one pop up with "new chat" multiple times every time I log in. It's particularly annoying because I just asked my teammates a question that needs to get answered before my turn, so I keep getting excited when it pops up with "new chat." Does any of this extra information help? As time permits, I can probably make posts like the one immediately above this if there's any way that will help resolve this problem.

Finally, what is CG querying to determine whether there is new chat? Is there a chance whatever server it's "talking to" is reporting back ALL chat entries including opponent's chat?

[sherkaner]

CG actually loads the page (with you as a user), and checks whether the id of the last chat equals the one it remembers as the last chat you've seen. So it shouldn't notice opponent's chat.