Quick Chat



Quick Chat is a method of talking using preset messages. It was released on 21 May 2008.

Quick Chat works by selecting from a database of messages. It also works using items, similar to the Grand Exchange item database - the user simply types an item name and it finds it from its list of items. This is the same with locations, food and monsters, as it has a database for each respectively.

You can access Quick Chat in several ways:
 * Clicking the Speech icon ([[Image:Quick_chat_button.png|Quick chat]]) in the Chat Box
 * Clicking your Name in the Chat Box.
 * Pressing the Enter Key with no text previously typed.
 * Pressing the Enter Key with the '/' typed to bring up Clan Quick Chat.
 * Right-clicking on your name and selecting either Public or Clan Quick Chat.
 * Right-clicking on a name in your Friends list and selecting Quick Message for private Quick Chat.

Quick Chat is fast because it can be activated using keyboard shortcuts.

The current Quick Chat official worlds are Worlds 160 and 161, as these are the only worlds where you can't chat freely. Many players use these a worlds to get lots of raw items without too many players to compete with because most players don't want to be in worlds where they are unable to chat freely.

Context-sensitive chat
This only works in certain places. Basically depending on where you are, there are preset messages just for you. Hit F10 to view these. The places in which context-sensitive chat works are:


 * Barbarian Assault
 * Blast Furnace
 * Castle Wars
 * Clan Wars
 * Duel Arena
 * Falador Mole Lair
 * Fishing Trawler
 * Fist of Guthix
 * Games Room
 * Gnome Ball
 * God Wars Dungeon
 * Kalphite Lair
 * Party Room
 * Pest Control
 * Player-owned houses
 * Shades of Mort'ton
 * Stealing Creation
 * Trouble Brewing
 * TzHaar Fight Pit
 * Waterbirth Island Dungeon

Using the context-sensitive chat feature outside these areas will instead bring up the menu for the skill you last trained (Melee combat however seems always to bring up Attack).

For example, if you last cut down a tree, pressing F10 will bring up the Woodcutting Quick Chat menu.

Keyboard Shortcuts
In addition to the Quick Chat update, the update also changed some of the previous keyboard shortcuts and introduced a new shortcut allowing the user to repeat the last Quick Chat message, along with other shortcuts.


 * Enter - opens up Quick Chat if you aren't currently typing anything.
 * F9 - opens the quick responses feature. From here, if someone said "How can I train up my Ranged level?", you could quickly reply with a monster name - e.g. "Try ranging: Chickens".
 * F10 - opens up the context-sensitive Quick Chat menu.
 * F11 - repeats the last phrase you said using Quick Chat.

Problems with Quick Chat
Given that Quick Chat is available to both muted and non-muted players, as opposed to normal chat (only accessible to non-muted players), some have expressed concern that it will become a tool for spamming. It remains to be seen whether this is the case.

The other concern is as to whether it will be a useful feature for most players. The main problem with the system is the sheer number of combinations, which makes it more difficult for players to learn specifics.

Trivia

 * Recently, one of the problems with quick chat (above) was that muted players could not use quick chat to tell other players they were muted. The option "I can only use Quick Chat" was added, however it is available to all players, not only muted players.


 * On the first day of its release it was functional but once the user had chosen from the options it would just disconnect them from the server. This was true for only about 10 minutes, as a new system update was completed to make it work. It was reported that World 124 did not receive the update, but regardless, it no longer has this glitch.


 * Quick Chat allows the user to type without the first letter being capitalized, whereas in normal text it is impossible to have the first letter not capitalized. For example, if someone were to say "w00t", then it would appear as "W00t", whereas the Quick Chat feature lets the user use the former.


 * There were a number of unreleased or fake items listed if you clicked "trade/item" "trade". These included "9mm revolver," "Truffle," "Pretty girl," "Sphinx baby," "Mobile phone," "Firestarter," "No eggs," "Brass monkey," "Trapdoor Key," "Double helix," "Dwarf," "Enjifern," "Paintbrush," "Apricot cream pie," "Sine wave," "Three little kittens," "Seaweed in a box?," "???? mixture," and "Cape Fire." The joke items such as "9mm revolver" and "Pretty girl" were removed on 23 May. Some items such as "Guam in a box," "Seaweed in a box?," and "Apricot cream pie" still remain.


 * You can say that you want to buy a Cape of achievement, the Fire cape or other untradable items. Although the items are not tradable they are still in the engine. You can also say that you want to buy any Barrows equipment at 100, 75, 50, and 25, however they are only tradeable at unbroken or fully broken.


 * It is possible to refer to the glitch item 'null'.


 * It is possible to refer to the axe handle, bronze axe head, iron axe head, steel axe head, black axe head, mithril axe head, adamant axe head, rune axe head, dragon axe head, ghost buster 500, Lathas' amulet, broken plate, sea slug, war ship, man speak amulet, and shantay disclaimer items Jagex removed from the game. Although the items are discontinued they are still in the engine.


 * On the first day of its release, if someone searched clue scroll as an item, they received the message that there were too many results.


 * Player Moderator quick chat disappears when public chat is turned to "hide," "friends," or "off," without adding him to your ignore list.


 * The Quest As a First Resort... was spelt incorrectly in quick chat until 23 May. It was spelt "As a First Resourt".


 * You can't talk in world 160 and 161. You can only use Quick Chat.


 * When talking to a person on Funorb, the options seems limited. However, the enter shortcut still works, allowing you to send any phrase to a person playing Funorb.


 * One of the reasons quick chat was released was so muted players may talk without breaking rules. However saying phrases like "i like your item long bone" can be used to break the rules that is of course if the player means this in a sexual way.