We now offer two methods to connect to Oceanius using a Web Chat.

Utilizing QWebIRC, an up and coming open source project by QuakeNet, we are able to host our own Web Chat which doesn’t require the use of Java. This service is available without ads, like the comparable Mibbit service, at http://chat.oceanius.com. If you would like to pre-set the channel name of your choice, you can use http://chat.oceanius.com/?channels=name .. replacing name with your channel name. For example, if you wanted to connect to #lobby, access http://chat.oceanius.com/?channels=lobby . Feel free to link to this application via your website to attract new users to your channels!

We have also extended our support for the commercial Mibbit application, by enabling WEBIRC support. This enables Mibbit to pass the IP address you are connecting from to our IRC servers, so that users don’t show up with *@webchat.mibbit.com hostnames. This helps our channel and network operators fight abuse across the network, and we appreciate Mibbit’s assistance in getting this setup for Oceanius.

Enjoy!