With more people stopping in regularly, I want to post this link again (my original one has disappeared and had to nose around on the server to find the old URL) and encourage people to test this little program out.
If we like it, and if it can hold up when there are 10-20 people talking at once, it's a keeper. If not...
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/irc/irc.cgi
I know it works with one or two people. We should figure out a time to get a bunch of us in there at once and see if it works.
Ultimately, it's a superior platform to chat packages used elsewhere, because those with Mirc, etc. can connect directly to the true IRC server instead of using the web interface. But this is still nice as far as web interfaces go, because there's nothing to download, nothing to authorize, etc.