Mibbit has been a pretty popular way of getting on IRC networks, like Freenode, where Ubuntu related channels are located. The Ubuntu Georgia US site had a link to use Mibbit to join the LoCo channel and the Ubuntu Podcast live stream page had it embedded.
Oh yeah, Mibbit gets abused quite a bit too.
As JonathanD blogged, Mibbit is no longer allowed on Freenode. Unfortunately, Mibbit might be the default IRC handler in upcoming releases of Firefox. Either way, you can use and embed http://webchat.freenode.net if you need web irc access.
Still, these tools are important to get people to participate in the community. For the upcoming Ubuntu Open Week, individuals will be able to click on a link and have webchat.freenode.net loaded up in a new tab with #ubuntu-classroom-chat (where participants can ask questions) and #ubuntu-classroom (where the sessions will be run).
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How do I make a Freenode webchat widget go to a specific channel, and does it expand both vertically and horizontally to fill it’s HTML frame?
@ethana2,
For #ubuntupodcast, we just did this:
{iframe src=”http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntupodcast” width=”650″ height=”550″ /}
Replace { and } w/ < and >
Is there a way to just have it expand both horizontally and vertically to fill its frame? Can the bar at the top be hidden? I just want:
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Enter a nick for yourself: ….
[Connect with Ubuntu Nebraska]
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It’s a pain trying to query screen dimensions and subtract and add stuff to make a widget that’s the size to fill the frame..