I know it's been said many times before....but IMO (hehe) it'd really be an excellent feature to add.
*Just* a Java chat, like the one some members have going now over here:
http://irc.web-techs.net/
Or you can connect through mirc in channel #Distributedcomputing.
The thread about this is
here.
It's used pretty often (during the last week anyway

), but only by mainstay members. It'd be great to have something like this Official
on the main page. Then newbie members will join and get real-time help. Right now for the most part, it's more for entertainment - which is great fun - but it'd also be fun to help some out. I don't really have the tech. knowledge to help a lot of people....many others in the chat do.
What do others think about this?
Warthog