Annoying chime

[Les Williams]

I have, for the past few weeks been hearing a loud random chime on my pc. It has taken me a long time to track this down but at last I have discovered that it is a notification noise that appears to be played every time somebody logs into the UCET chat. I think it is the chat bit.
I believe people are automatically logged into chat when they log onto the site.

I could be entirely wrong on this but it seems to coincide with a new name appearing in the online users list in the bottom right corner of the window. It is also the sound I hear when I click on the "Test Audio" link in chat settings.

If this is the case then how can I turn it down (it is very loud) or turn it off (without losing any other functionality?

Your help will be appreciated as it has been driving me scatty.

Les

[Ian A]

How odd can a website be ...

I didn't even know we have a "chat" and I don't get any chimes.

Perhaps "they" are watching you :angry:

And, just because you are paranoid - it doesn't mean they AREN'T out to get you :blink:

[Martin Poole]

cant even find chat  :blink:

[mike leahy]

very bottom right (online users )click on it and you will see who is on line and who is chatting (or not):silly: :silly:

[Tim Watts]

yes we have a chat and yes it does chime.

u get the chat by clicking on online users (grey bar right at the bottom of the screen). I haven't worked out to to control the chime! I may be changing the chat software soon as i'm not happy with the way it works when viewing from iphone/android (the chat bar sticks in the middle of the screen rather than at the bottom).

[mike leahy]

[quote="timwatts" post=311]yes we have a chat and yes it does chime.

u get the chat by clicking on online users (grey bar right at the bottom of the screen). I haven't worked out to to control the chime! I may be changing the chat software soon as i'm not happy with the way it works when viewing from iphone/android (the chat bar sticks in the middle of the screen rather than at the bottom).[/quote]
 you geeky bastard

[Tim Watts]

you feckin' love me

[Les Williams]

I reckon I've solved it. I clicked on "Go off line" in the chat window. No chime. All good. B)

[Tim Watts]

yer agreed - but thet means you're no-longer "online" to use the chat function - fine if thats what u want but i'd like to see an option for muting the chime and remaining online.

[Les Williams]

[quote="timwatts" post=330]yer agreed - but thet means you're no-longer "online" to use the chat function - fine if thats what u want but i'd like to see an option for muting the chime and remaining online.[/quote]

Me too, but it is quite a loud and distracting chime. The other sounds on my PC are much more muted and if I lower the sound on my PC then the rest are too quiet.

I don't know if there is somewhere on my machine to change the chime or lower the volume of just that one sound but I haven't found it yet. Going offline is a stopgap for now though.

[Tim Watts]

les,

just wondering, how come you are ALWAYS logged into the site - you just leave it on all of the time? You love us all that much??!!!!! :ohmy:

[Les Williams]

My computer is on all the time. I used to use it to back up the BCA's website but since we moved servers I haven't changed the parameters so currently don't. But old habits die hard and the machine stays on. I am permanently logged into several sites, UCET, Facebook, UK Caving, etc...

Perhaps I need to get a life. :dry:

It is nice to keep up on what is going on though.