added more serious warnings about server load

pgbovine · pgbovine · commit feefbd97500c · 2019-04-01T21:47:39.000-07:00
diff --git a/v5-unity/js/opt-shared-sessions.ts b/v5-unity/js/opt-shared-sessions.ts
@@ -407,9 +407,7 @@ Get live help!
   <button id="sharedSessionBtn" type="button" class="togetherjsBtn" style="font-size: 9pt;">
   Start private chat
   </button>
-  <div style="margin-top: 5px; font-size: 8pt;">
-  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDY7ScMPtqI" target="_blank">How do I use this?</a>
-  </div>
+  <div style="margin-top: 5px; font-size: 8pt;">(warning: chat service<br/>may crash at any time)</div>
 </div>
 
 <div id="sharedSessionDisplayDiv" style="display: none; margin-right: 5px;">
@@ -419,6 +417,9 @@ Get live help!
 </div>
 `;
 
+    // 2019-04-01: eliminated this link and put up '(chat service may crash at any time)' warning
+    //<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDY7ScMPtqI" target="_blank">How do I use this?</a>
+
     var togetherJsDiv = `
 <div id="togetherjsStatus">
   <div id="publicHelpQueue"></div>
@@ -894,7 +895,7 @@ Get live help!
         $("#moderationPanel").append(`
           <button id="stopRequestHelpBtn" type="button" class="togetherjsBtn"
                   style="margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px;">
-            Click to make this session private so nobody else can join.
+            Make session private so nobody else can join.
           </button><br/>`);
         $("#stopRequestHelpBtn").click(this.initStopRequestingPublicHelp.bind(this));
       } else {
@@ -1317,7 +1318,14 @@ Get live help!
       // make sure clientId isn't YOU so you don't display info about yourself:
       var myClientId = TogetherJS.clientId();
       if (msg.clientId != myClientId) {
-        this.chatbotPostMsg('Someone just joined this session.');
+        //this.chatbotPostMsg('Someone just joined this session.');
+
+        // 2019-04-01: display a more dire warning about server load:
+        if (this.meCreatedThisSession()) {
+          this.chatbotPostMsg('Someone just joined. The server may get slow or crash if too many users join. Use button at top to *make your session private* so nobody else can join.');
+        } else {
+          this.chatbotPostMsg('Someone just joined. The server may get slow or crash if too many users join.');
+        }
       }
     });
 
@@ -1723,7 +1731,7 @@ Get live help!
       $("#requestHelpBtn").hide();
 
       // 2019-03-26: display a more prominent warning here:
-      this.chatbotPostMsg('This service is NOT being actively maintained, so it may crash at any time. It is available for free with no technical support. Please do not contact the site owner to make any feature requests.');
+      this.chatbotPostMsg('This service is NOT being maintained, so it may crash any time and lose your code. It is available for free with no technical support. Do not contact the site owner to make any feature requests.');
     } else {
       alert("ERROR in getting live help. This isn't working at the moment. Please try again later.");
       if (TogetherJS.running) {
