The real Art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. --Dorothy Nevill

Chat

GeoCities

 

Sometimes it's a block party, and sometimes it's just the back fence. Either way, a great way to meet your neighbors is in Athens Chat. Athenians congregate in Help Chat, too, helping fellow homesteaders with their home page questions. For a change of pace browse all the GeoCities chat areas.

If chat is new for you, the Athens help site offers a good overview in the Chat FAQ. Look for details and tips on chatting the GeoCities way in the GeoCities Chat Info section.

Talk City

"How does the chicken cross the road?
Java Chicken: If your road needs to be crossed by a chicken, the server will download a chicklet to the other side."

Talk City is a great place to chat, because their chatrooms can be entered using whatever software works best on your system, and because it is accessible to everyone - even to people who use AOL as their internet provider. TC chat is Internet Relay Chat, so IRC software such as mIRC (for Windows) and IRCle (for Mac) can be used.

If you don't want the bother of installing software, you can also chat through your browser using TalkCity's own "EZ Talk" in one of three flavors, Lite, Pro, or Web. (Tip: Mac users will do better with "Lite" and best with IRCle.)

You can register a personal chatroom with Talk City and you can even install an entrance into the room on your home page, like the one which leads to this registered chatroom, named (what else?) "Athens."

 

Nickname:		(required)
Password:		(if you are a registered Talk Citizen enter the password for your nickname here)
Full Name:		(optional)
Choose a version:
EZTalk Pro	EZTalk Lite	EZTalk Web
EZTalk Pro the most features	EZTalk Lite loads faster	EZ Talk Web HTML based chat
Add chat to your web site with the Chat @ Talk City program

Translate chatroom jargon with the help of this guide to Abbreviations. Enjoy your stay, and please be a credit to our community while visiting Talk City :-)

 

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

Talk City is just one of many IRC chat servers. Most are joined together into communicating networks, such as Dalnet and Undernet. For many people IRC is the chat method of choice, though joining it it does require some software other than the browser that came with your computer.

Check these sites: mIRC (for Windows) and IRCle (for Mac) to learn more about what you will need and how to install and use it. For more information about IRC chat, check here.

 

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