On Thursday 17 April 2003 07:13 am, Rob Wultsch wrote:
> No clue as to the lone box versus profession... But why not just have a
> link like this one instead of having extra stuff running on the plug site.
> irc://efnet.demon.co.uk:6668/utvhacks     (yes that is a room about hacking
> a ms product)
>
> I know that it works under mozilla... no clue about anything else...

That works (for those that have it configured properly). 

The reason I suggested a "try it now" (cgi or applet, doesn't matter) is based 
on my experience with my free [linux-powered] cisco lab. On my web page, I 
described how to connect using ssh or telnet, and even created several 
"telnet:" links (that work under MS Windows at least). But usage remained 
low. I finally added an applet (yes, an evil JAVA applet! :) and once people 
peeked at it, they started bothering to configure their telnet and ssh 
clients for return visits.

I suspect a lot of people have never tried IRC before, and they might not be 
willing to bother setting up a client without having seen the value first. 
Something on the web page just make that part easier for first-time users.

- Bob