# Change the IRC **URL:** \ **Category:** YoYoExpert Site Improvements\ **Created:** [December 14, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384 "2015-12-14T19:15:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/1 "2015-12-14T19:15:20Z")
It would be really awesome if the Chat was already open when you logged on the forum. Would it be possible to navigate the forum with the chat as some sort of header? This is what i was thinking VVV ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/2 "2015-12-14T21:27:49Z")
What is the advantage or benefit of this? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/3 "2015-12-14T23:05:46Z")
But, for people who don’t like/want the chat (not saying I am one of those people), they are still stuck with it. ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/4 "2015-12-14T23:42:19Z")
The chat is a great function that should be utilized more. ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/5 "2015-12-15T15:39:54Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > What is the advantage or benefit of this? Just curious. You would be able to chat and browse the forum on the same tab. Plus more people will use it if it is right there… > [@Zorro](#): > > But, for people who don’t like/want the chat (not saying I am one of those people), they are still stuck with it. You should be able to minimize it if you want… Anyway could this be a possibility? ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/6 "2015-12-15T16:07:42Z")
It’s fine the way it is, I hate when forums get crowded with extra stuff. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/7 "2015-12-15T17:53:30Z")
> [@angryskills](#): > > You would be able to chat and browse the forum on the same tab. Plus more people will use it if it is right there…You should be able to minimize it if you want… Why don’t you just open a new browser window with the chat in it. Most current browsers are capable of that. ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zorro/32/206266_2.png) [@Zorro](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/8 "2015-12-15T18:03:15Z")
> [@angryskills](#): > > You should be able to minimize it if you want… In that case, why not? ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/9 "2015-12-15T18:35:52Z")
> [@mrciurleo](#): > > It’s fine the way it is, I hate when forums get crowded with extra stuff. well it is already there so… Plus you should be able to minimize it if you want… > [@jhb8426](#): > > Why don’t you just open a new browser window with the chat in it. Most current browsers are capable of that. Then you would have to be switching from one to the other. And if you had both up at the same time, you wouldn’t be able to see the whole forum. PLUS: More people would use it if it was right there… > [@Zorro](#): > > In that case, why not? ^^^^^ ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/10 "2015-12-16T00:26:16Z")
Why don’t you resize your windows and arrange them so you can see both? ---
**Author:** ![AndreBoulay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/andreboulay/32/69662_2.png) [@AndreBoulay](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AndreBoulay)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/11 "2016-01-04T16:48:50Z")
We have some plans to upgrade the chat near future to something else… we have found a few cool alternatives… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sstaylor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sstaylor/32/1603_2.png) [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/change-the-irc/78384/12 "2016-01-04T22:58:34Z")
> [@André Boulay](#): > > We have some plans to upgrade the chat near future to something else… we have found a few cool alternatives… 🙂 cool! i just think that it would be better if it was “right there” for people to use…