A different kind of Walter? :-)

[Sean Kelly]

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.

Huh.  I'm pretty sure that used to work.  Or maybe that's from when I 
used Mozilla.  In any case, ChatZilla (the client I was thinking of) is 
(now?) a separate download for Firefox.


Sean