what happened to the audio in chat room?

When I first started going into the chat room, there was an audible signal when someone entered the room or posted a message.. that was very convenient if you are viewing other pages while you are in the room.. for some time now that feature has been inactive. When can we expect its return?

I am glad someone else asked that. I thought there used to be audio, but now there isn't. I wasn't sure if something changed, or if I am going slightly crazy.

I too second svpii's remarks that the audio is very useful indeed, and I would like it if it could be reinstated.

Hmmmmm...I wasn't aware of this as it seems to be working fine on my system. Let me look into it and see what I can find out for you. Can you tell me what kind of systems you are working on?

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ThanX...
Michael at WebFlyer

I am using Netscape Navigator 4.08 as browser - sound works OK on other internet applications, so it doesn't seem to be a problem with the computer.

[This message has been edited by james (edited 08-22-2000).]

It stopped a number of weeks back on my home setup. A Dell 600MHz desktop with high-end Turtle Beach soundcard, IE5.01 running.

I've NEVER experienced audio in there. NEVER.

And y'all know how much time I spend in there.

I'm using IE 5.0.. but that hasn't changed since I came on FT when audio was working.. have you upgraded versions?

On digichat's support link, I found the following FAQ. I'm still not sure this explains it, but I'm asking my MIS manager to investigate for me. I'll let you know what I find out.

Why do sounds not play on my system?
Windows 95/98/NT users running versions of Java prior to 1.2 (including all current versions of Microsoft Java, Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator/Communicator) will not be able to hear sound, due to a bug in these earlier Java releases that caused Windows to crash after repeated playing of sound. Therefore, we have disabled sound for Windows users not running JRE 1.2 or later. You must upgrade to Sun's JRE 1.2 to hear sound on Windows. Because current browsers such as Netscape Navigator/Communicator and Internet Explorer do not use Sun's JRE, sound will not be available to Windows users of the DigiChat Client applet until these companies update their browser software.

In addition, there is a bug in Netscape Communicator 4.5 for Macintosh that prevents it from playing sound from Java applets such as the DigiChat Client. We have notified Netscape of this error, though at present, they have not addressed the problem.

I've downloaded the Java JRE file and have installed it.. have entered chatroom and and waiting to see if I get a sound to cue me should anyone else enter... I'll let you know if this fixes it.. Hard to believe there are contemporary applicatons not compatible w/ Windows .. but my MIS mgr says this is an outgrowth of the battle between Sun and Microsoft.

Update: Michael at WebFlyer is helping us out on this one.. I emailed him and we met in the chatroom - in spite of the download and install as recommended by Digichat's tech faq's.. rebooting, etc... no fix. Michael will let us know what he finds out...

IT'S FIXED!!! It took me forever to get the applet to load tonight,but once I got into the chat room, the sound options tab was in the settings again and I actually heard sounds! Thanks to FT and digichat...

Just wanted to confirm this morning that the sound issue was cleared up... guess what? IT DOESN'T WORK AGAIN!!! FT - what's up w/ this???

Like BostonBoy, it never worked for me, ever. And according to recent polling, I've had lots of chances to see if it worked.

Yo! FT??? Been a long time.. any updates on this issue???