links to chat rooms on the Internet!
What is ICQ and why is everyone talking about
it? ICQ ("I Seek You") is a program that lets you find your
friends and associates online in real time. You can create a Contact List
containing only people you want to have there, you can send them messages,
chat with them, send files, configure ICQ to work with external
applications and more. Very similar in nature to AOL, ICQ allows millions
of people to chat anywhere in the world. Currently boasting 20 million
members, ICQ is the latest and greatest in Internet Chat. The software is
free, though it's rumored that this could change soon. Visit their home
page
www.icq.com
to download the software. There is a link directly on the left that will take
you to the download sites.
What is IRC Chat? IRC stands for the Internet Relay Chat. On IRC, several persons can simultaneously participate in a discussion over a particular "channel" or even multiple channels. There is no restriction on the number of people who can participate in a given discussion, or the number of channels that can be formed over IRC. All conversations take place in real time. That's one of the strengths of IRC, and IRC has been used extensively for live coverage of world events, news, sports commentary, etc. It also serves as an extremely inexpensive substitute for long distance communications. People from all corners of the world can be found over IRC.
You can download IRC, MIRC, PIRCH98, OrbitIRC and other chat programs from Stroud's. Scroll down the page and you will find the links that allow you to Download. There's lots of programs out there, so try one out and see what you think!
Search Engines Most of the popular search engines provide a chat forum. Your Internet Browser must be able to support Java in order to use these chat rooms. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or above, you are already supported for Java by default. To enter these chat rooms you must provide a username and password. Once you have them you are on your way!
Click on pictures below to sign up:
In general, there are thousandsof Internet Chat Rooms out there to choose from. All topics are covered and anyone can sign up. It's that easy! Also gaining in popularity is Microsoft NetMeeting which comes with version 4.0 of Microsoft Internet Explorer absolutely free! You may have already downloaded it. Go to your start button, then Program Files and look for Microsoft NetMeeting If it's not there click here to download it now. NetMeeting allows you communicate with audio and video,(if so equipped), as well as chat.
So don't limit yourself to the chat rooms of the big Internet Providers, all the rest are just as fun!