1. Make Sure you have enabled javascript
2. Simply click connect or choose a name - you can change your name in
the on the right of the chat panel screen once you log in.
3. Users with an @ next to their name are moderators
4. Be patient and idle people do come in - some maybe temporarily away.
5. New to IRC? Read this article,
then download an IRC client, like
Colloquy for Mac and mIRC
for Windows. Click
here for login details on an irc client.