A different kind of Walter? :-)

[Mike Parker]

Bill Baxter wrote:

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> 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.

You can install ChatZilla via the Firefox/Mozilla extension system:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16