# Glide Chat

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-chat/53736>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-chat/53736 "2022-11-09T18:01:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Alexander\_Rubino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/alexander_rubino/32/48638_2.png) [@Alexander\_Rubino](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Alexander_Rubino)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-chat/53736/1 "2022-11-09T18:01:34Z")

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Why is the glide Chat function so bad compared to everything else? It looks odd and you can only send a text message. You can also only send a message to everyone. Is there a way to make this better, or what do you guys do in your apps?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-chat/53736/2 "2022-11-10T00:39:00Z")

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> [@Alexander\_Rubino](#):
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> what do you guys do in your apps?

I almost always make my own Chat function, at the expense of rows count.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-chat/53736/3 "2022-11-10T01:59:41Z")

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> [@ThinhDinh](#):
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> expense of rows count

Can I sell you a watch? 😉

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-chat/53736/4 "2022-11-10T03:39:44Z")

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Haha do you have another idea?

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-chat/53736/5 "2022-11-10T03:44:53Z")

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Probably related to this:

> [@Form Submit hours of operation](https://community.glideapps.com/t/form-submit-hours-of-operation/52822/10):
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> @Sean_Knight - this may or may not be useful for you, but it is what @Robert_Petitto referred to in his earlier reply. Typically, for this sort of thing there are two approaches you can take. The first approach involves creating a series of columns in your Businesses table. Essentially a pair of Open/Close time columns for each day of the week. This approach is okay, but can become a bit fiddly if you ever want to present them as a list. It’s the approach that Bob alluded to here… The second…

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-chat/53736/6 "2022-11-10T03:51:43Z")

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hehe yes, I’ve been thinking for a while that Chat would be an ideal use case for that approach.  
I’ve been wanting to build something out, but finding the time is a challenge.