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During ontolog meetings, users can get connect using IRC. (1P0I)
First suggested by LiDing (2008.07.25) for OOR meetings - see discussion thread (1P3G)
Features (1P3H)
- No account registration -- unlike other instance messenger tools, IRC does not require an account with password. (1P0K)
- Text interface complementing voice call - IRC offers an online chat-room for multiple users, its text interface compliments to voice channel (1P0L)
- Free logging - user can dump the chat log (1P0M)
How to use IRC (1P3I)
- (optional) install Firefox. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ (1P0O)
- (optional) install ChatZilla extension on Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=16 (1P0P)
- irc://irc.freenode.net/ontolog - type this link in Firefox address bar, and ChatZilla should auto start (1P0Q)
- note: you may need to configure your name (1P0R)
Resources (1P3J)
- details on install/uninstall IRC. http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/#install (1P0T)