Do you use global channels? Do you set colors?

Yep! Just recently started to color them a little bit.

Yup, absolutely...

Orange for LB, Blue tint for Ghost Legion, and a dark Green for Healers Union chat are my standard go to colors, I've also recently taken to coloring the UI to match the colors in the character's costume.

I do use global channels, I don't set colors for them

I do change the color for my speech bubble

and my threads are as often as not based on things I don't do. I find it fascinating that people powerlevel for example. It is just so bizarre that I want to poke them and find out what sort of creatures they are.

I subscribe to 2 global channels, both Liberty-related. They're colored the same and serve basically the same function: if people are looking for help or extra bodies for something.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project I have three tabs I use 1. Strictly Global channels 2. Server wide and public channels 3. Private channels (SG, Team, Tells, Coalition, Friends, etc) Others may not like that set up but it suits me.

I use my tabs more to filter stuff.

My General-use tab: most chat, in-game npc, chat, etc, including globals.
My Antisocial tab: as above, but with global removed. used when the chatter in those channels gets too distracting or causes the chat to scroll too fast to follow what I'm doing
My Ignore-the-game tab: all system, game & npc messages removed. used rarely, but helps follow global chat easier when needed.
My I-hate-myself tab: the help channel. Used when I really really desperately need self-abuse.

Actually I can still read that pretty easily.

Yes to both questions

Hell yeah I use global channels! Don't know what I did without them!

Whenever I have a chance I push the global channels on n00bs. Someone did the same for me once.

I play on all servers so it is difficult to get by on only 15 channels, so generally I pick the most populated and/or active ones. I also keep all of them running in one window so I can see whats going on and can server hop at any time if I see something fun going on. It does get hectic during peak hours!

Because I server hop so much (and have too many toons to remember their names and what server they are on) - I colour the channel(s) of the server I am currently playing on red (though not as red as the admin text).

Therefore, if I see something red, I can run and do it. If its not red, I switch.

Fool-proof?

Almost.....

Yes. No. Whatever they set themselves to works for me.

Yes, I use global channels, constantly. I solo more than I team unless I'm working on an Incarnate, so I'm doing my chatting in globals.

And yes, I set their colors. I use multiple tabs, but those tabs are more categorical than per-channel. My brain doesn't key readily on the channel name - it keys on the color. If channels on the same tab are the same color, I can't tell at a glance what channel that something was said in, and might reply in the wrong channel.

Yes, I use globals. No, I don't recolor them. I have tabs for that.

(One tab for each channel in my main chat window, for sending/easy switching and regular reading, and also a tall window that opens on the far right side of my screen, with tabs for Local (+emotes), Team (+emotes), and my most commonly used channels - that one's for reviewing history and following long conversations with less scrolling.)