Digit Unofficial Chat-Room [IRC]

[chinmay]

Disclaimer: This Chat-Room isn't affiliated with Digit or Jasubhai Digital Media in any way. The server on which #thinkdigit channel is hosted also hosts the official Neowin chat-room but we are not connected wiith it in any way.

I had previously seen a few thread on suggestions about startin a Digit Chat Room but it didn't turn out to be much of a success. So I have registered a chatroom on the Stardock IRC server. You folks can join it if you want. Here are the details :-

:idea: Server - irc.stardock.com

:idea: Channel - #thinkdigit


For those who aren't familiar with IRC and don't know how to use it :-

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication.

Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC)

Here is a small tutorial on how to use an IRC Client :-

I am using X-Chat (http://www.xchat.org) as it is the easiest to use client and you don't need to remember IRC commands for it.

It can be downloaded here (http://xchat.org/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.6.1a.exe).

Note :- X-chat is a shareware and is free only for 30 days. So instead you can download a free build(Daemon404 build) here (http://kernel.ws/~daemon404.hosting/files/xchat-2.6.0.exe). It is almost similar to the paid X-Chat atleat I didn't see a difference :p

The program is only 1.5mb and won't hurt dial-up users too.

Now once you have downlaoded and installed it you need to :-

* Launch the application.

*Click on X-Chat in the top bar

*Click On Server List

*Enter the information similarly as I have entered in the screnshot below :-

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2549/hmm10or.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

* Add a Network and name it as digit or whatever you want.

*Then Click on the edit button and enter the settings as I have entered in the screenshot below :-

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9784/hnnnnnnnn2lc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

* Click on Close and then select Digit and click on Connect in Server list and you are done.

Happy Chatting :)



Those who are facing problem or do not want to install IRC Clients you can directly enter the chat from here ==> http://www.digitchat.uni.cc

Once you reach there you will logged in with the nick 'digit-annon'. Just type '/NICK urdigitid' to display your digit id as your nick.

Note :- You need to have the Java Runtime Environment(JRE) installed to use it.

The credit goes to ujjwal for making this Java Applet :P

P.S. ->

Please do not start a war on the IRC Client. If you like a particular IRC Client better than X-Chat you can happily use it and suggest it here but do not spoil the thread by pointing out cons of a particular client.

If moderators and admins have problem with the thread feel free to PM Me.

[Sourabh]

Nice work, Let me join...

[chinmay]

Well it_waaznt_me(batty) started this room as we were all pissed by the booters in the Yahoo conferences. But it wasn't taken seriously as everytime all the people used to leave the room it used to delete. So I talked with the admin of Stardock about it and got it registered officially.

[vijay_7287]

irc.stardock.com

not able to connect yaar ... :oops: :oops: :oops:

[chinmay]

Did you enter the information correctly as shown in the screenshot ? ... if yes then try different port... replace 6667 in server with 6000. Try some other similar numbers too. May be your ports are blocked by your ISP

[chinmay]

Well guys, those who are facing problem or do not want to install IRC Clients you can directly enter the chat from here ==> http://www.digitchat.uni.cc

Once you reach there you will logged in with the nick 'digit-annon'. Just type '/NICK urdigitid' to display your digit id as your nick.

P.S. -> You need to have the Java Runtime Environment(JRE) installed to use it.

The credit goes to ujjwal for doing this :p

[desertwind]

Wonderful effort. I'd like to see all dgitizens there.

[raasm287]

I am joining it :D

[planetcall]

I dont like the idea of having party at stardock server. Better register a channel at freenode.

[chinmay]

Well, any specific reason you don't like the idea? Because its already running the official channels of famous sites like Neowin and I have never seen the server crapping up.

And personally I have faced a lot of IRC booting and other problems on freenode servers.

[planetcall]

It is because I have been using freenode and most of the opensource projects are running on freenode. Freenode signifies freedom and thats it. No specific reason and I have no objection to the channel being run on any server :) I thought of doing it myself a few months ago but I saw it would be hard to manage it as I dont have the fulltime internet (lol Dataone) and the time to manage it. Though now there exists a #thinkdigit channel at Freenode server.
I strongly support the irc channel for digit. It would let many open up to a plethora of knowledge. Lol almost all of my pals use yahoo. ****! They say irc interface looks like msdos.lol! now they will be having a reason to use it.

You may use chatzilla extension of firefox if you dont have any irc client or dont know which one to select. chatzilla is much improved now and supports scripting.
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=16

[drgrudge]

^^
Chatzilla extension of firefox offers less features.Chatzilla uses a lot of CPU usage (atleast in my old PC) and we all know abt FX's CPU usage as well. MIRC is the best client but unfortunately it's not free. Even now I use MIRC for downloading stuffs. :P Anyways I dont want to get into this-client-is-the-best sort of war in here.

[djmykey]

Hehehehe me too joinin maybe next week when I get my Tata Indicom connection.

[QwertyManiac]

Me likes the DOS kinda IRC but is a n00b of its feature :|

[valtea]

nice. will join too :)

[popper1987]

good work

[QwertyManiac]

Has this become too unofficial ? It now requires a keyword ! wats it ?

[techno_funky]

hey nice initiative this one is ive been in the chat room for quite a while now
and this seems a good prospect
and this a good reason to rejoice for the people
who once cried hoarse for having a chat room for digit
so people whay not get into here
:)

[shoegoe]

Hey chinmay, i've experienced some problem (too often). Presently it gives me a messege that "unable to connect channel ( invites only). And i wasnt able to post messege in the channel often( resolved now). today(on 25/12) i wasnt even able to login to irc server. I get request timed out. Since most of the websites wasnt opening today, the problem should be in dataone server..So the third prob doenst count but the first one is too much buggy

Awaithing reply
:D

[chinmay]

There wer some issues because I was tryin to experiment on something and i put the room on invites only by mistake. Everything is solved now.

Enjoy

[kato]

@shoegoe the problem was with dataone server today not the problem of the irc site u guessed it right

[Charley]

Is it still there? Havent been on this forum for some time now:)

[desertwind]

Hmmm... I rarely see anyone other than chinmay there, these days

[khin007]

Nice work dude..congrats

[mehulved]

Lately whenever I come there the room is empty. Does anyone go there?

[anusoni]

hey awesome irc room back up...and i love IRC ..its soo much fun...gotta try it.. :)

[chinmay]

Yeah, around five people joined in today. Seems like its active again. It'll be good if people keep joining. We can have some fun chatting in there :)

[thecyclone2k]

okay, I am coming to flood it!

[pickster]

good effort, now people come and join

[it_waaznt_me]

For those new to IRC, this (http://www.ircle.com/reference/commands.shtml) might be of help.

[pickster]

how do i set this up in trillian?
[edit] done with help for cyclone2k

[vysakh]

i have joined. good work guyz.

[chesss]

OPERA user simply click this: irc://irc.stardock.com/thinkdigit .
Or rightclick and save as bookmark!
Another tip: assign a nickname 'digit', now whenever you want to join the channel, simply press shift+F2 and type digit. Done!

[gary4gar]

hey,
members cooperte with chinmay.after all nice work takes tons of hard work.


@chinmay
hard work conquers all-great though insint it!!!!!!!1

[vysakh]

whats wrong with the room now ?

[chinmay]

Please be more elaborate about your queries if you are facing some problems with IRC. I really can't figure out what you are referring to. I just entered the room and its just fine

[phatratt]

HOW about a shout box here on this site.

[gary4gar]

i think this must be made sticky to help the chatroom to register new members.by this way we contribute too.

[mehulved]

One problem I faced is I came to the IRC channel and voice was needed to chat but no there to do so. And also my nick was being changed to user something something. I saw it happening to saurabh too.

[chinmay]

Well, yeah, one of the OPs left the moderated room the other day and left it. Its not happening again. There won't be moderation in normal circumstances from now on. Regarding your nick being changed to guest id, it was because you had probably registered your id and did not enter the password. Sourabh's nick must have changed by mistake just like yours by not entering the password

[Satissh S]

umm nice chat room there chinmay.. Thanks :)

[mehulved]

I think the chat room iscoming back to life again. Old timers please return.

[anubhav_har]

Working fine..

[QwertyManiac]

*bumpz*
Sorry for the bump...
Can people return to the IRC as before? It'd be good, please join :)

[Rollercoaster]

yo people.. the chat room is calling.......

[QwertyManiac]

Hey, we need the OPS back too :D

[int86]

Does anybody know how to connect IRC on my N3220. I can chat with help of a java app on yahoo.

[QwertyManiac]

http://jmirc.sourceforge.net/
This one maybe?

http://jmirc.sourceforge.net/faq.html
That has your 3220 too.

[kalpik]

Hi! It would be really nice to see some traffic there.. What say people?

[QwertyManiac]

We now have the OPS back, thanks to Sourabh, and thanks Kalpik, Rollercoaster, int86 and Sathya for joining :D

Bumpz # 2 :p >.>

Mistakes happen:
Gary4Gar joins too.
Tech_your_future always is present in it!

[gary4gar]

^^^
hey did anyone forgot me
count me in:D

[mehulved]

We now have the OPS back, thanks to Sourabh, and thanks Kalpik, Rollercoaster, int86 and Sathya for joining :D

Bumpz # 2 :p >.>
<sob>You forgot someone who is online most of the time on the channel.</sob>

[QwertyManiac]

Man... I followed you there :| You were always in it! :o

[kalpik]

This is not fair!! Nobody else interested?!

[drsethi]

Well guys, those who are facing problem or do not want to install IRC Clients you can directly enter the chat from here ==> http://www.digitchat.uni.cc

Once you reach there you will logged in with the nick 'digit-annon'. Just type '/NICK urdigitid' to display your digit id as your nick.

P.S. -> You need to have the Java Runtime Environment(JRE) installed to use it.

The credit goes to ujjwal for doing this :p My browser gave a security warning on this site and closed .

[kalpik]

You can go to http://www.ircatwork.com/ then enter your nickname, server as irc.stardock.com , channel as #thinkdigit and then press login.

[QwertyManiac]

Here are some good IRC clients instead:

LeafChat
http://www.leafdigital.com/software/leafchat/

mIRC
http://www.mirc.co.uk

ViRC
http://www.visualirc.net/

XChat
http://www.xchat.org/

and HydraIRC
http://www.hydrairc.com/

You can also use Opera, just type irc://irc.stardock.com in your browser and the inbuilt IRC will start. Then type /join #thinkdigit to join the chatroom.
Get Opera --> http://www.opera.com

In Firefox, get the Chatzilla extension for IRC
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/16/

For Linux, use either IRSSI via the terminal. (Run irssi in the Terminal)
Or use Xchat from http://xchat.org

Alternatively, both windows and linux people can use GAIM. Thats a great software that supports all protocols like AOL, Y!, MSN, Gtalk/Jabber and IRC too.
Get GAIM here
http://gaim.sourceforge.net

Server - irc.stardock.com
Room - #thinkdigit

[Rollercoaster]

Digit Unoffical Irc.. Go Go Go

[eagle_y2j]

using browser for IRC but how to change user name there!

[mehulved]

There's a button called change nick on top. Click on it and change your nick name. Or easiest way is /nick <nickname

[QwertyManiac]

Gary4Gar, int86, rollercoaster are now active visitors. Kalpik visits us a lot too :D

Also thanks to go, ahref, blackpearl, Indyan and eddie for visiting :D

[Rollercoaster]

thanks man just glad to be part of the good stuff

[ahref]

Thanks QM for adding my id in the list. Earlier when I saw I was disappointed :-( to see that my name was not in list. I think you edited your post to add my name.;-)

[QwertyManiac]

Hehee I forgot a few members, cant remember all nicks :p Visit often people :D

[gary4gar]

there a bot in channel too..
who never leave channel
is his qwerty. its now 5:21 but still he is in
great bot:P
sometimes he chats also but not like a bot

[QwertyManiac]

>_>

Digit IRC - For the isomniacs...

:D

[casanova]

I am unable to login. It shows zero rooms available. I am using opera to connect. Can some1 explain how to join tis in opera in detail.

[mehulved]

Chat => List rooms => account => new account => your name address and nick => in servers manually add irc.stardock.com => /join #thinkdigit

[Rollercoaster]

hey can anyone tell me a couple of lite and feature rich irc clients form windows.

[gary4gar]

hey why there is no one in room now??

[kalpik]

@rollercoaster, i think xchat is good enough. You could also try hydraIRC.

[QwertyManiac]

Rollercoaster - see the previous page too ;)

[QwertyManiac]

Yayz we are on a roll, frequent active chats with more than 4 members.

Kudoz to:
Sourabh for his frequent maximize and view of the irc window
Gary4Gar for coming often and helping or getting help
Expertanand (Anand_RF on the forum) for coming in active too
Int86 for coming in often
Rollercoaster for finally getting a client and being active in his online time
Mehul for all the help as usual always
and many more... credits:
multi, eddie, sathya and for those people who have escaped my mind's memory currently :p

If you are missing your name here just add it :p

[Rollercoaster]

its fun its cool its killer....

guys i really have a good time in the chat room.

[gary4gar]

why no ones comes there these days???:(
i barely see anyone other than mehul|away:D. so none to chat to

[mehulved]

I am hardly there now-a-days not even in away. Busy with studies so don't have much time to chat. Don't know about others but still I met kalpik 2 days back and int yesterday. It seems people go away soon as no one is there. Bots like qwerty are away too.

[freakitude]

koool.

[kalpik]

Hmm guys /me also very busy.. So wont see me online much.. But you guys should keep it alive! Dont let it die!

[mehulved]

Aah man hardly anyone's there on IRC now. I guess that's cos of absence of a person who will stay on full time. People come, don't see anyone and then go away.

[gary4gar]

i think we need to start a advertiment campain:lol:

[int86]

Aah man hardly anyone's there on IRC now. I guess that's cos of absence of a person who will stay on full time. People come, don't see anyone and then go away.
u r 100% right. earlier this job was done by QWERTY. but now he is busy in studies. i Always try but i know liitle about irc.

[kalpik]

Ok guys.. Mehul has resurrected the IRC channel! Some changes:

Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #digit

Hoping to find renewed traffic in there! Common people! Lets get to know each other better :)

P.S. Look at the first post in this thread for a tutorial on how to use IRC, or post here, we'l be glad to help out! :)

[mehulved]

The channel's up and the details are covered by kalpik in previous post.
I am usually around a lot of time on freenode and the previous channel had expired due to inactivity so created a new one on freenode.
Looking forward to seeing a few people there.

[techno_funky]

I dont find the channel digit on freenode.

[kalpik]

Its there! Me and mehul are there right now!

[gary4gar]

Its there! Me and mehul are there right now!
I am also comming there!!!!

[techno_funky]

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6710/irchm5.png

Nope! Dont see it .

[Sourabh]

Hey techno, check again! I'm getting a total of 3488 rooms at the moment. So you're obviously missing something. Just click Join button and enter digit.

[aryayush]

The room is not there. It was there at dawn today, but is isn't there right now.

[gary4gar]

the room is up & running:)
currently me,mehul & aryayush are there in it.
someone else to join??

[mehulved]

Nope! Dont see it . I think it's needed to do some official registeration too with freenode staff to see it in search list. Anurag would have a better idea of that
BTW, the old thinkdigit room on stardock is up too now. I got it registered.

[int86]

Why so many people remembered it after a long time.

[kalpik]

Hmm just open irc.freenode.net and type /join #digit

[kalpik]

? I was there since 7-8 PM! And im there even now!

[vevangapi]

hi any 1 wana be my friend?:)

hey Kalpik, you have time to sit all day on your PC!;)

HEY Kalpik where are u 4rm?

tell me about yourself and what u do in life?

hi int86 how are u?

Hey Azzu

Why So Boring?

[gary4gar]

who bumped a almost dead thread???
now the chat room have almost died.

there is no one present just a bloody bot:x

regulars like mehul & qwerty have stopped comming
guys come back!!


if anyone has trouble with IRC then post here.

[Charan]

yep the IRC is not active :( ...