Time to release!

We love that you send us your feedback, and we’ve been listening.

Today, we’ve rolled out some new features, all based on your requests and suggestions.

Message deletion

Room owners are now able to delete messages in their rooms.

In a room or room archive, click the ¶ link at the right end of a message and you’ll see the button to delete the message.

Many people have requested this feature, but our policy has always been to keep away from content censoring. So we’ve had some concerns that required careful consideration.

In the end, though, we’ve decided that this is more about someone who speaks personal information without realizing that Lingr’s chat logs are permanent, rather than censorship or moderation.

Progress indicator for messages

Up until now, if something went wrong between our servers and your browser, it was possible for you to lose a message without knowing it. The message would appear in your browser, but not actually make it to anyone else.

Now, you’ll see a spinning wheel every time you send a message, and that spinning wheel will disappear once the message has been successfully delivered.

So there’s no longer any need to reload to confirm if your message has been sent.

More room information

We added some room information in the side bar area, to be sure that everyone knows the room details, even when you come into a room from somewhere other than Lingr.

Owner: This is the room owner’s nickname.
Privacy: This can be “public”, “unlisted”, “public and passworded”, or “unlisted and passworded”.

Public means the room is listed in Lingr’s public directory and the chat archives are searchable by Google, while unlisted means that the room cannot be found unless the link to the room is known, and that the chat archives are hidden from Google. Passworded means that the room is protected by a password and only those who know the password can enter the room, so the chat archives are not accessible from Google even if the room is “public and passworded”.

We hope you enjoy the new release!

- Kenn