var chatScrollLast = null;

    addMessageToChatList: function(dateObject, userID, userName, userRole, messageID, messageText, channelID, ip) {
        if (chatScrollLast === null)
            chatScrollLast = (ajaxChat.dom['chatList'].scrollTop == (ajaxChat.dom['chatList'].scrollHeight-ajaxChat.dom['chatList'].clientHeight));
        // Prevent adding the same message twice:
        if(this.getMessageNode(messageID)) {
            return;
        }
        if(!this.onNewMessage(dateObject, userID, userName, userRole, messageID, messageText, channelID, ip)) {
            return;
        }
        this.DOMbufferRowClass = this.DOMbufferRowClass == 'rowEven' ? 'rowOdd' : 'rowEven';
        this.DOMbuffer = this.DOMbuffer +
            this.getChatListMessageString(
                dateObject, userID, userName, userRole, messageID, messageText, channelID, ip
            );

        if(!this.DOMbuffering){
            this.updateDOM('chatList', this.DOMbuffer)
            this.DOMbuffer = "";
        }
    },

    updateChatlistView: function() {
                if(this.dom['chatList'].childNodes && this.settings['maxMessages']) {
                        while(this.dom['chatList'].childNodes.length > this.settings['maxMessages']) {
                                this.dom['chatList'].removeChild(this.dom['chatList'].firstChild);
                        }
                }

                if(chatScrollLast === true) {
                        this.dom['chatList'].scrollTop = this.dom['chatList'].scrollHeight;
                }

        chatScrollLast = null;
        },