I was one of the early supporter of a chatroom for the forum,but after a while i began to think,how many conversations of great importance i may have missed,because i wasn`t logged in at the time; so much valuable info would be lost forever if we all talked in the room,then, forgot or didn`t bother to post anything on the public pages.
This made me change my mind and felt it would be better without it.
Eventually the chat function was given a trial and i did log in regularly,but the chance of any other member logging in at the same time was remote,then when i did bump into a fellow user,the lag was intolerable..not sure whether the problem was universal or perhaps just my provider,but eventually i stopped even checking for users..
So while its there i don`t mind it,but i dont think it would be sorley missed if it was removed.
Stew