During ontolog meetings, users can get connect using IRC. (1P3O)
First suggested by LiDing (2008.07.25) for OOR meetings - see discussion thread (1P3P)
Features (1P3Q)
- No account registration -- unlike other instance messenger tools, IRC does not require an account with password. (1P3R)
- Text interface complementing voice call - IRC offers an online chat-room for multiple users, its text interface compliments to voice channel (1P3S)
- Free logging - user can dump the chat log (1P3T)
How to use IRC (1P3U)
- (optional) install Firefox. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ (1P3V)
- (optional) install ChatZilla extension on Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=16 (1P3W)
- irc://irc.freenode.net/ontolog - type this link in Firefox address bar, and ChatZilla should auto start (1P3X)
- note: you may need to configure your name (1P3Y)
Resources (1P3Z)
- details on install/uninstall IRC. http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/#install (1P40)