Help for Java applet users 

Connecting

Click on the #channel/chatroom to go to the webpage with the applet. A new window appears, with the title Connect. Enter your Nickname (screen name)

Chatting

After a few seconds, you will be connected to Chat.org.uk. To start chatting, type your text in the box at the bottom of the applet, and press Enter to send your text to the room. The 4 buttons to the bottom-right allow you to choose different ways your messages are sent. 
The button on the left is the one selected when you first chat and is to talk to the whole room, the second one (selected in the image below) is for a private message (PM, or whisper), the third one is to think something and the fourth one is for an action. 

Whispering/Private Messaging

To whisper to someone, first find their name on the chatter list on the right. Click on their name (with the left mouse button). Then, click the whisper icon - 2nd from the left at the bottom-right of the applet (you can see it pressed down in the image below). It's a speech bubble with dashed edges (pressed down in our example in the image below). Now type your message, and press enter.

Ignoring a user

If someone is annoying you rather than wanting to have them kicked just ignore them. Its incredibly simple and you will not get any more messages from that user simple right click on the users screen-name and click "ignore".

Registering your screen-name

If you want to register your screen name (nick) so that other people cannot use it you must use either use the advanced Java Applet or the CGI:IRC Interface

Click the icon to use the advanced Java Client to access The #Lobby

Then type the following command:

/msg   NickServ register yourpassword your@emailaddress

Replace your password  with your password 
The name you are currently using will be registered with that password. In future you will need to identify yourself to nickserv

See what NickServ says in reply, it should either say something like "your password is yourpassword, remember this for future use" or it might say you did not use the command correctly.- in which case try again!

Once you own a name, you MUST identify to NickServ as soon as you connect:

/msg nickserv identify yourpassword

Replace your password  with your password 

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