I agree. RealChat has done that. ;)

I find realchat graphically juts doesn't have it. But Amfichat has come along and has. I am not sure why realchat has decided not to upgrade to a more sleek look.

I like the way it looks, just fine, myself. But you can also make new skins for it and change the colors and a lot of other stuff. It really IS more configurable than it seems as first glance. Flash chats have always seemed too "cartoony" for my tatses, plus with all the problems they have with disconnecting because of too many users, it's just not worth the headache to me to mess with them. Why do you think they are so cheap? ;)

IMHO there is no replacement for an IRC server. I've been thinking about trying to sync up user accounts from IRC with vBulletin, I need to look into that some more.

Hey guys,

Is there anywhere on here that will teach us how to use our own server for irc? In other words I don't wanna sign up for an irc channel.....:D

If you want a lot of kids in the chat room, then IRC is the way to go. I prefer it a little less hectic, myself. ;)

Not true on a private network, you can just take care of the trouble makers, no differnt then a forum.

IRC is powerful because it gives the client more then one way to connect. I can use a java-client on my site (no worse then flash as it also requires a plug-in to run), or I can give them the server details and they can use whatever software they want from the desktop.

I know it ain't for everyone, but I honestly couldn't go back to something like flashchat. The only thing these scripts have that IRC doesn't in user intergration, but like I said I've been thinking about that one myself and I am looking into for a site I've been planning to do for some time.

Just wanted to drop in my input aswell, happy hunting. ;)

It comes down to what you make of it yourself. We use flashchat, skinned it ourself, and added our own multimedia player. At the risk of appearing immodest, I think we made about the coolest chat I've seen yet.

http://www.integrityp2p.com/portal/f...ew.php?pg=chat

Thet does look good. Nice job. :)

I'm with Brad on this. Since I went with the IRC based chat, my chatroom is a LOT busier.