IRC

INTERNET RELAY CHAT

You will need:

	A JAVA enabled browser. A recent Netscape or Internet Explorer should do.
	Unrestricted access. If you are viewing from a Company Intranet, the chances are the firewall won't let you in!
	A sense of Humour

Here are the IRC command you can use once you log in and choose a nickname. some of the b***s will use your name to wind you up so beware. You will learn etiquette the hard way.

Command	Meaning
/quit	This command will let you leave the chat room
/me does something	Send an "action" or "emotion" to a channel
/msg username text	Send a text privately to the user with the given name
/join channel	Allows you to switch to another channel
/whois username	Requests additional information about the user with the given name
/who	Shows a list of all the users in the current channel
/who channelname	Shows a list of all the users in the given channel name
/list	Shows a list of all channels on the server
/users	Shows a list of all the users on the server
/ignore username	Ignores the user with the given name, that means, you will not receive any more messages from that user
/ignorelist	Shows a list of all the users you ignore
/oplist	Shows a list of temp and perm operators (ops) and marks the temp ops with brackets
/oplist channel	Shows a list of temp and perm operators (ops) in the given channel

If you are operator in a channel, you have the following additional commands:

Command	Meaning
/op username	Allows you to grant operator rights to someone else
/deop username	Takes away the operator rights from a temporary operator
/kick username	Throws a user out of the channel
/mute username	Does not let that user speak withou him noticing it

Ok. good luck. If you have a JAVA enabled browser you should see the chat room below:

JAVA BROWSER CHATTER