I think a "proper" chat box would be good. It would be more instantaneous and do away with having to refresh the screen or wait for the auto refresh.

From what I see the shout box is pretty busy from about 1:00pm GMT right through to 3:00am GMT. I'm sure the rest of the guys (and Gal ) would find it a good thing too.

We seem to have got a nice little AM family circle going here with more people popping in every day.

Come and join the shouters choir yourself once in a while. I'm sure you will become very big headed with all the adulation you'll get thrown your way.