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IRC
For the purposes of Book Sprints we use IRC (Internet Relay Chat) to communicate with everyone. If you have never used IRC then don't worry! We have made it easy for you by making a web-based IRC chat. You can visit it at http://irc.flossmanuals.net , it looks something like this :
If you simply click on 'Login' you will be taken to the Book Sprint discusssion room (called a channel in IRC-speak). A few seconds after pressing 'Login' you will see something like this :
If you see this then you have correctly connected to the Book Sprint discussion.
Send a Message
To chat you need to type your message in the bottom text field. For example if I wanted to say hello I would type 'hello' here :
When I press return I see this :
