Am 17. Apr, 2003 schw=E4tzte Steve Holmes so:

> About this IRC stuff.  My experiences in the past with IRC seemed so
> clunky and awkward.  I, in fact find IM to be much easier to use
> thoughIM doesen't allow for very long messages, does it?

I'm the opposite. I find irc convenient and only have problems if you have
too many people participating. IM, however, is annoying and clunky.

Popups are evil. Pop-tarts are yummy. Don't mix them up :).

> Another tool that is handy for live speech and text chat (line at a
> time) is speak freely.  This is a GPL product that is peer to peer or
> can be used with a base component, called a reflector.  I've used it
> on another project and works great and does not require huge bandwidths.

Based on the description I'm not sure it would work for a 'chat room', but
it looks like something for us to be showing to business owners.

ciao,

der.hans
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