You can already use squad/corporation chat for that same function, since it filters global spam(I mean chat…)
And yeah, I would love for the chat to stay consistent throughout sessions, as well as typed text. Suggested it myself quite some time ago, but nothing came from it sadly.
I would like for the whisper chat to be separate from the corp chat.
So many times I write things in the wrong chat, because it jumps so much, or I am just not 100% paying attention.
There are times I am talking about things that I would prefer my corp not hear.
I’ve had times where I was messaging some random guy, not a corp or squad thing. We might be discussing some aspect of the game or whatever. If I go afk, I have to search to find out where the last message was unless the chat log wiped it out of it’s history.
I too would like to see a persistent chat context. Furthermore, the input buffer should also be persistent, so that for example the “squad leader is going into battle, are you ready?” dialog does not wipe anything you might have started typing.
My reason for supporting Chat Box lock is different: I want to be able to take clear screen shots of my ships in hangar without clutter/interference.
A nice Alt+z shortcut to remove UI items and replace them again would be nice for this.
I too would like to see a persistent chat context. Furthermore, the input buffer should also be persistent, so that for example the “squad leader is going into battle, are you ready?” dialog does not wipe anything you might have started typing.