Forums > Social Chat > chatroom?

Posted: 4th Jul 2003
The link is under the main menu at the top of the screen

https://www.homeofpoi.com/chat.shtm

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OzE_QT

Posted: 4th Jul 2003
or you can get to it directly thru IRC. Which actually opens up all of the functionality of IRC. The web-based app leaves a bit to be desired in comparison.

Posted: 4th Jul 2003
thanks for that im bloody blind.

r.clarke

Posted: 5th Jul 2003
yea, the webbased one is designed really for newbies, if you use it more than a couple of times then get an irc client. The web interface is a bit slow, but thats because it's pure HTML - no java, so it works through company firewalls where irc would not. It also doesn't require the person's browser to download anything additional, it just works when you click the link.

Posted: 7th Jul 2003
Hmm. I'm almost positive I had to download a Java client to use the chat. Maybe I'm just confusing this chat with a different site..

Posted: 6th Jul 2003

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Originally posted by flid:
no java, so it works through company firewalls where irc would not.

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Depends on the company, and how they have the firewall set up. But then, if you have control over your companies firewall...

Posted: 7th Jul 2003

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Depends on the company, and how they have the firewall set up. But then, if you have control over your companies firewall...

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Well, its pure serverside, just html output. It updates via meta refresh, but with an extra random number on the end so you don't get a cached version. Therefore, any firewall/proxy configuration which allows webpages will allow it, unless they filter pages with keywords on like chat. Java clients on the other hand run clientside and make a connection to the irc server, which isn't allowed on firewalls which block irc connections