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1. confluence
   Administrator

   The #claws IRC channel is still alive, and some people hang out there during the day. If you can get on IRC, come and say hello.

   Instructions: http://claws.za.net/TheTome/CLAWsOnIRC

   Posted 17 years ago #

2. DarkOutThere
   prolific poster

   It would help if we could get on from campus... well from all of the labs anyway.

   Posted 17 years ago #

3. OOPMan
   Moderator

   HTTP Tunnel is your friend, since irc has low overhead...

   Posted 17 years ago #

4. DarkOutThere
   prolific poster

   And as I am now having to deal with dial up and a 20 mintue window of internet time, i dont think it's going to happen, maybe next year

   Posted 17 years ago #

5. OOPMan
   Moderator

   Unprotected wireless networks are your friend...

   Posted 17 years ago #

6. Yancke
   Member

   Hmmmm unprotecte wireless networkks.
   *tear in eye, warm fuzzy glow

   Posted 17 years ago #

7. kwill
   Member

   hey, why don't we investigate one of those over-the-web almost-like-IRC options?

   quick poll (is there a plugin for polls? :)

   - would you use any web-based chat system?
   - would you use it if it required a firefox plugin?
   - would you use it if it required the java virtual machine?

   (ideally there would be NO such requirements, to prevent the old campus barrier to entry)

   Posted 17 years ago #

8. Shadowslight
   Member

   Norm used to run one of those... as far as I remember, it was very successful...

   Posted 17 years ago #

9. jettlogic
   Member

   I'm somewhat ignorant of IRC commands, but would like to connect.

   It would be great if someone could post a step-by-step on connecting to #claws from Chatzilla (Firefox plugin) within UCT?

   /attach rucus.zanet.net:21 isn't working (however /attach moznet does)

   Posted 17 years ago #

10. jettlogic
    Member

    Re barrier-to-entry, chatzilla should be fairly low considering the machines all have firefox, you don't need to be admin, and it's a 300k download (unlike java).

    I guess web-based would be even lower... just need AJAX that feels like IRC.

    Posted 17 years ago #

11. jettlogic
    Member

    Ok, got it to work here is what I did:

    1) Install chatzilla (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/16?id=16)

    2) Open chatzilla, configured your nick under "Preferences -> Identification" then do the following

    /server rucus.zanet.net 21
    /msg NickServ REGISTER your_password your_email@somewhere.com
    /msg NickServ IDENTIFY your_password
    /join #claws

    3) Use "/leave" to leave the channel, and "/disconnect" to leave the server

    Posted 17 years ago #

12. confluence
    Administrator

    w00t! Thanks for posting these.

    Note for IRC n00bs: you only have to register your nick with nickserv the first time; after that you only have to identify.

    Posted 17 years ago #

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