

Ability to ban users from a specific room.Room-level word filter - Each user defines the words they want filtered.Moderated Rooms (Only voiced members can speak).User-level word filter - Each user defines the words they want filtered.Full message styling, font, font size, font color, and font style.Bear in mind that those Google folks are very, very smart. Having said that I have switched to doing all my primary writing in the Google docs module and absolutely love the Google HTML chat system. I don't mean to be overly negative, it is just that I have ten years of dissapointment and frustration with Javascript so I am very, very cautious when it is suggested and AJAX is a JavaScript based technology. If plain HTTP wont get through then generally the users won't be able to browser the web. One of the benefits of the moodle chat approach is because it uses plain HTTP it will generally work through any firewall. There seems to be no connection between the use of AJAX and firewalls. Bandwidth is preserved because the server never transmits the same data twice, only new messages are transmitted.ĪJAX can provide a performance benefit in that only new information is displayed in the browser rather than a total refresh of the contents.the refresh you mention) might make sense.

just using it where it brings overwhealming benefit (e.g. However a minimalist approach to AJAX, i.e.

For example the Google AJAX based tools (Docs and Spreadsheets) work with Firefox and IE but not with other browsers, same with Zoho office. I have yet to come accross truly browser independent AJAX.of complex applications. AJAX technology is used to smoothly refresh (no flicker) and display the chat and nickname zone.
