#drupal-accessibility on IRC

How exactly does IRC work? I have the Firefox add-on; is there any place that has a good explanation?

There's this which isn't too bad - http://drupal.org/irc

I'm but a lowly non-doc-team member (^^) so I put in a request to add the channel to that page.

@ezufelt: would it be a good idea to publicize the IRC channel to use for logging of conf calls?

I think that #drupal-accessibility would be a good resource for logging of conf calls, particularly as it would assist individuals who are hearing impaired in participating.

As a general rule I hang out in #drupal and #drupal-usability when on IRC, as there is a greater number of users in those channels.

Thanks for setting this up.

Cool, I'll also set up a logging bot on there in the next couple of days. It's still a baby channel but I'm hoping we can use it as a go-to for some very specifically accessibility-related topics or semi-scheduled discussions, maybe even point some users from #drupal-usability there.

I was always kind of looking for accessibility-related channels that aren't closed-off to non W3C members etc. ^^

As I've said a dozen other places, I need to settle down and figure out IRC. When I do, I will be sure to join this channel.

Yesterday, I added a comment to the Drupal IRC page mentioning that this channel is open, and this morning bekasu edited the page to list it. Check it out!

Kat, I managed to get on IRC, but #drupal-accessibility doesn't appear in a search for open channels. I can join it by acting like I'm creating a new channel, but it seems odd that it doesn't turn up in the search.

Any ideas why?