Putting new chat line on the top of chatbox is quite bad.
And I have 2 major reasons to say that:
1) Almost every MMO, IRC or whatever you imagine, puts the messeges to the bottom. That allows you see your message right near your input textbox. This is quite confusing, when you write a message and it disappears. Oh no, wait, it is on top .... see?
2) text continuity. Chat has limited number of characters and sometimes you have to divide your message into parts. You, of course read from top to bottom, but then, the next message shows up ABOVE your previous message, so you reach the bottom of your previous message and you have to look for a while, where actually next message starts, instead of continuing reading
So, suggestion is simple. Juset reverse the order of chat message being added to chat text area
And I have 2 major reasons to say that:
1) Almost every MMO, IRC or whatever you imagine, puts the messeges to the bottom. That allows you see your message right near your input textbox. This is quite confusing, when you write a message and it disappears. Oh no, wait, it is on top .... see?
2) text continuity. Chat has limited number of characters and sometimes you have to divide your message into parts. You, of course read from top to bottom, but then, the next message shows up ABOVE your previous message, so you reach the bottom of your previous message and you have to look for a while, where actually next message starts, instead of continuing reading
So, suggestion is simple. Juset reverse the order of chat message being added to chat text area