We're updated chat again with one bug fix and one new feature:
Chat leeks (bug fix)
There's been a problem for a while with user's private messages appearing in the General chat room. We think this was caused by the user's connection being temporarily broken. When this happens the underlying software automatically reconnects the user, however the chat application then reset the user's active room back to the default General chat room, as if they were entering chat for the first time. The user wouldn't necessarily notice until they sent a message, only to find it's been posted in the wrong room. This should now have been fixed, the application should remember the room you were in before the connection was lost, and return you to the same room on reconnection.
Online status indicators (new feature)
When you go into a chat room you should now see a little round 'online status' indicator on each user's avatar in the user list. When the indicator is green it means the user is 'present', if it turns amber it means they've not sent a message for over 5 minutes and are deemed to be 'away'. If the 'away' user then types a message, their indicator should immediately turn back to green.
Note: The 'View profile' link is now available again, if you open the drop down next to a user's name, you should see the link at the bottom of their user information.
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