From: Mitchell mduce@mts.net
I've always been a Firefox user and I use the "ChatZilla" Firefox extension. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16)
My IRC client of choice is HydraIRC http://www.hydrairc.com/, which is also free and open-source. Since it's a standalone client dedicated solely to IRC it's got a lot of functionality.
Anyway, I think I can make it to an IRC meeting on Wednesday, but I don't have a Google account or any instant messengers - I'm not a big fan of chat forums that you need to subscribe to (aside from mailing lists, obviously :). I'll get the proper accounts and subscriptions and specialized clients and whatnot if I have to but I'd prefer to cast my vote for IRC too.