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the retaded one
11-24-04, 09:22 PM
live chat never loads for me i would like to use it
jtarbox
11-24-04, 09:45 PM
You must have Java installed! Did you check to make sure you do?
stevel
11-24-04, 09:56 PM
Or install an IRC client such as Mirc.
the retaded one
11-24-04, 09:56 PM
no, i don't have java, may i have info on where ter ghet it
cyberCrank
11-24-04, 11:27 PM
mIRC is very nice for the chat channel...
Winston
11-24-04, 11:29 PM
no, i don't have java, may i have info on where ter ghet it

You can go to java.com to download the java applet.
(jj)
11-24-04, 11:47 PM
http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
stevel
11-25-04, 10:24 AM
Even with a current Java installed, the web chat does not always work, I have found.

Java: Write Once, Debug Everywhere
cyberCrank
11-25-04, 01:44 PM
I tried the java-based chat way back and it was rather limiting; something like mIRC works way better IMO, but the java version is maybe OK for simple online stuff.
Skunkboy
11-26-04, 01:49 AM
of course, I'll swear by mIRC; but, I'll also say that... has anybody tried getting in with firefox? Even after reinstalling java a few times, I can still never get it to load correctly. So if I sneak in, I have to do it in IE... and I HATE IE - Firefox on the craptop and Konqueror at work!
mino
11-26-04, 02:35 AM
Anybody know how to do this?
Winston
11-26-04, 04:27 AM
of course, I'll swear by mIRC; but, I'll also say that... has anybody tried getting in with firefox? Even after reinstalling java a few times, I can still never get it to load correctly. So if I sneak in, I have to do it in IE... and I HATE IE - Firefox on the craptop and Konqueror at work!

Have you updated your Firefox to the newest version (1.0)? I know they had an update a few months back with version (1.0).

mino: If you do not already have Firefox, you can go here to download it: http://www.mozilla.org/. Once you download the browser, you would then type in http://chat.powweb.com to log into the Powweb chat room.
stevel
11-26-04, 09:25 AM
The web chat applet crashes Firefox 1.0 for me. It never loads, and when I try to close the page, boom! If I recall, there is a simple IRC client available as an extension for Firefox.
(jj)
11-26-04, 10:46 AM
I had not tried the online (browser) chat for some time, just checked and it's loading fine for me. I'm running FireFox 1.0 with JRE 1.4.
cyberCrank
11-26-04, 12:00 PM
of course, I'll swear by mIRC
yes -- it is very good, but no need for swearing ;)
BerksWebGuy
11-26-04, 12:14 PM
How do you setup MIRC to connect to powweb's chat??
stevel
11-26-04, 12:22 PM
I just tried Firefox 1.0 with Java 1.4 on another system - same problem. The applet starts to download and then stalls. Firefox then goes comatose.

For MIRC, just specify chat.powweb.com as the server and connect to #general.
Skunkboy
11-26-04, 06:12 PM
How do you setup MIRC to connect to powweb's chat??
server: chat.powweb.com
room: #general (mIRC you can do /j general)




Had I gotten the latest of everything? Yes. I can't get it on my laptop nor my XP box at work. Guess I'll do some tinkering. But then again, do I really need Java chat? Most other java things I do are working so it is worth risking taking another one of the nine lives from this putty-tat that calls itself a computer
Skunkboy
11-26-04, 06:55 PM
As a note...

as per: http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?t=43006
I loaded: http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/heroes.htm
On that page is also a link to: http://members.cox.net/classicweb/Heroes/info.htm
which ran another java thing that doesn't work right BUT, there is a prompt that it's broken and a download is available. I installed it and now the room works.