#jwee

Today's update is more about performance than features. I've spent a few hours chipping away at the clunky codebase, reducing it by over 2,000 lines.

First off, I've completely removed the dependent library "Jwee" which I only ever used for cookies - there was a time when I dreamed of some nifty animations, but it simply isn't worth that extra weight. Secondly, it seems there were some unused functions lurking within the codebase, they have now been removed. This allows the server less to give, and the client less to load. These are good things.

A few tweaks to the site bring a user count to the home page, you can now see how many users are currently logged in, though this doesn't mean they're in any rooms or even chatting at all. The dark room theme has been updated to show genders, and the reputation text shadows have been thrown out, they were ugly anyway.

A few bugs have also been fixed, and some configurations changed. Room owners can still be banned, technically, but when they re-join, the system will notice that they are the room owner, and let them in anyway, so you can’t be locked out of your own room for 24 hours anymore!

The home page is now organized by active users, instead of total users. Rooms with more activity will be prioritized over rooms with mass amounts of idle users, this ensures that the top of the list is a room that is interesting, not just full.

Finally, an added "news bar" has been added to the top of the screen to inform you of the happenings around the chat. You can completely ditch this bar by clicking [x] at the right of it, but i suggest clicking the center of the bar first to see what it wants.

DONE:

Removed JWEE library from client.

Removed redundant functions from codebase.

Added # of users online to home page.

Room owners will now evade bans.

Configured rooms to sort by active users, not total users.

Removed text shadows in dark theme.

Genders now visible in dark theme.

Added "news" bar to top of site.