Announcement: Ectochat Is Easier Than Ever Before

Our homespun solution to ectochat is now live. Just click the big green ectochat button in the sidebar and you should find yourself automatically whisked away to our chatroom, with no other input required (though you may want to change your nick when you arrive by typing in “/nick whatever”). The IRC client will open in a small new window, which will allow you to idle with the best of us as you continue on your Internet travels.

We just installed this, so if it doesn’t work for you, let us know in the comment section here. We’d like to make this as accessible as possible. You’ll need to have Java installed. If you don’t (Firefox will automatically prompt you), or it doesn’t work, you can continue to use the chat.efnet.org solution, or you can load up a real IRC client like mIRC (for Windows) or Colloquy (for Mac) and access room #ectomo on EFnet.

Come join us. There’s usually at least 15 people there, and while we’re sometimes idling or sleeping, we’re just as often not. Make sure to bring Eliza a piece of cake. See you there!

Join Ectochat [#ectomo on EFNet]