Hi An iteresting statement. I disagree. BitchX is awful to get useful feedback from, for example. However, xchat-text is really nice and clean. I guess a lot of people will prefer irc as they can hide their identity away as the voice gives so much more than the words it carries. I just was going to discuss these matters with you but you left the channel. Gena Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org >An advantage of using irc as well is that it is a good deal easier to >get it set up than speakfreely. >-- > >-- >Thomas Stivers >stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup