Chat Rooms
Use the Rooms button below to see all available chat rooms,
double click the room name to join.
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Visit us for your own free chat rooms
These chat rooms are accessable through IRC at
irc.ircstorm.net port:6667
Chat Rooms Commands
Chat Rooms Session Information
Text Entry Fields
- Nick - Set the Chat Rooms
nick that you will be known by.
- Email -
(optional) Identifying information, email address or
web site or other info can be used.
- Chat Rooms - Show a
listing of the chat rooms you may want to join.
Chat Session Options
- Play Sounds - Hear sounds
that other people send.
- Sound on Join - Plays
sounds when someone enters the Chat rooms.
- Use Colors - Use different
colors to identify different messages.
- Show Joins - show when a
user joins or leaves the Chat rooms.
Chat Client Buttons
Chat
Displays the chat you are currently involved in.
- The left column (if any) shows all the Chat
rooms on the server.
If the server has many rooms you will need to
use the command /list to update
this list.
The rooms you are currently in are displayed
as bold. You can change rooms by double-clicking on
one.
- The main window shows messages you have
sent and received. as well and the topic of the room, is
displayed in the title bar.
- The list on the right displays people
currently chatting in this chat room.
Your nick is shown as bold.
If you select one or more names from the list
then your messages will only go to those people.
There are two special characters that preceed
some names:
- @ indicates an operator that issue
commands to control the room.
- + indicates a user with 'voice', only
users with voice can speak in a moderated room.
- At the bottom is the input line.
You can send a message by typing it on this
line.
A few basic commands you can use are:
/nick newname
| Change your the chat nick you are
using
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/join
#newroom
| Create a new chat
room or join a room that already exists
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/action message
| Sends a message like mynick *jumps
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/whois nick
| Shows you information about the nickname
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/topic new topic
| Changes the topic (if allowed)
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/list
| Updates the room list
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/quit | Leave chat and disconnect from
the server
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Room
Displays all the chat rooms that are currently
available. The current topic for the room (if any), and the
number of users in the room, are also shown.
To join a room, just double click on it.
If the room list is not displayed it is because there are a
large number on the server.
To display the list enter /list . You can also
filter the room list using /list
filter .
For example: /list *yahoo* will show only rooms
with yahoo in the name.
Session
Shows your chat rooms session settings. It also Allows you
to change many of your settings even you have begun chatting.
You can't change your email once you have signed in.
Float
Opens the chat rooms applet from the page, and puts it in a
it's own window which can be resized or minimized as you
wish.
This is great if you want to continue to surf as you you
chat. When the
Java Chat Client is 'floating', the button changes its
meaning and contains the word 'Embed'.
If you press it while it is floating, the Java chat rooms
applet will be placed back on the page, or closed if you are
no longer on that page.
Help
Displays a help page similar to this one.
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