A different kind of Walter? :-)

[James Dennett]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> Dan wrote:
>>>
>>> That said, what url is "Freenode", and/or how else can I contact this
>>> "hakware"?
>>
>> If you're using Firefox, this link should work:
>>
>> irc://chat.freenode.net
>>
>> Then /join #D.
>>
>>
>> Sean
> 
> Alert
> ------------------
> Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol
> (irc) isn't associated with any program.
> 
> Darn.  I was all set to be impressed by Firefox's versatility.
> Apparently it doesn't handle irc internally, but just opens up an
> external client for you.  And it seems that's not set up by default --
> at least on Windows.

It's an option for Firefox to handle it with an integrated
IRC client.  It's not a great client though; I think it's
still viewed as experimental, but I may be out of date.

-- James