Chat room problems

[Callisto]

Whenever I go into the chat room, it acts very odd. Nobody else I've observed seems to be having the problems, and I've lurked around the boards a bit and haven't read any posts about this. The problems in chat are never consistent. Sometimes I am unable to submit my messages. Sometimes I can only talk to the chatbot. Sometimes the entire room freezes, and the only remedy is if I submit text (which does not show up), which makes two lines of text from other users appear. After entering the page again a while later, everything works fine for about three minutes, then it either freezes or doesn't allow me to submit messages.

Browser version: Firefox 2.0.0.6

Connection speed: 36.0 Mbps

Computer specifications: Windows XP, new computer purchased in December: Dell Inspirion

Software that you have recently installed: n/a

Did the bug recently appear? If so, was it working on a different machine before? I just joined so, yes it recently appeared, and no I have not tried it elsewhere. I hope I'm not making a fool of myself by posting a report here...

URL from which the bug occurs, along with a description of where the bug happens http://www.christiananime.net/chat.php , it happens there...

Step - by - step instructions on how to reproduce the bug. (Please try and do this, it's very helpful) Since the problems are inconsistent, I'm afraid I can't be too specific on what I'm doing to cause them. Basically I click the link, I'm "introduced" into the chat like anyone else who enters, I see a few lines of conversation, then usually the whole thing freezes. Or after I see a few lines of conversation, I click "Bip On" radio button but it doesn't necessarily freeze after that, or after a few lines of conversation, I say "hello" or something, and THEN it freezes/just doesn't send the message. Yes, I've tried hitting ENTER and clicking the SEND button with the same result.

Any further information I'm really sorry if this is a known issue and I missed seeing it reported already, or if I'm making a fool of myself by posting it here... Thank you.

[Mithrandir]

Hmm...

If there's no one else in the chat, it can be kinda buggy. And if there are a lot of people, it can be somewhat laggy (takes a long time to do stuff).

As for most of what you are describing, though, I'm kinda at a loss. It's possible there is some firefox bolt-on package (pop-up blocker, etc) that's preventing the submission engine from sending data. If I ever catch up with you in the chat, I'll see if I can help you troubleshoot it. It might be a few weeks, though. Sorry!