I have been guilty of reporting to the chatterbox by reloading. Usually I have wandered off following a link then use the back button to see the front page again and reload.

So it would be nice if there was a way to safely reload the page, either by clicking on the title of the chatterbox or some other place in the page that simply refreshes the page and does not send anything else to the server.

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Re: Make the Chatterbox title a link to refresh the box?
by boo_radley (Parson) on Mar 05, 2001 at 21:19 UTC
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      Ah, that works, but it is not in the Chatterbox FAQ.

      The only reference to the talk button is:
      All you have to do is type a message into the Chatterbox text box and click "Talk".

      To me that implies talk is only used for sending messages. Now that I know it will not submit an empty message I can refresh the box without being annoying.

      I propose making adding "To refresh the chatterbox simply click on the Talk button when the text entry box is empty." Or somesuch.

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      The talk button is fine for people who read the chatterbox faq, but most users don't read documentation.

      I'd suggest the most usable solution would be to reword the talk button to read update or something similar. To me, this suggests that the box can be used to update the conversation as well as to participate.

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        Let us compromise, then.
        The Chatterbox title could be a link to the chatterbox faq.
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