Tolkien Society Chatroom

by Hawke — last modified Jul 11, 2012 08:28 PM

This is a Java Applet to allow users to join the Inland Empire Tolkien Society's live, real-time, chatroom. Pay careful attention to the pop-ups, and read the instructions on this page. You want to ALLOW the Java to run, and you do NOT want to block it. This chatroom is also used during special events like Tolkien Moot. No registration is necessary. Enjoy! If you have any trouble connecting, please email tolkienscholars at gmail dot com. Namarie!

Tolkien Society Online Chatroom Java Applet

This chatroom requires that you have Java installed and enabled in your web browser. If you do not have Java installed, you can either download and install a free IRC chat client like Xchat ( see bottom of this page for links), or downloading and install Java from here: Download Java Runtime

Pay careful attention to the wording of the pop-up.
You DO want to TRUST the applet/content.
You do NOT want to block it from running.

The first pop-up will either ask you to trust the Applet, or ask you to block the content. Be careful to pay close attention to the pop-ups, they are a little confusing. If asking to trust, say "yes", if asking you to block, click "No".

You should receive a pop-up message asking you to trust the Java applet, please trust it ("Run"). If you give the wrong answer, the applet will not work.

If you are unable to run this Java applet, you may need to install or update your Java, or configure your web browser to allow Java applets to run.
Please see the Chatroom information page for some suggestions.

If you have a preferred IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client like Xchat, mIRC, or similar, please point it to:
server: irc.merp.com
chatroom: #tolkienmoot
Email tolkienscholars at gmail dot com if you are having any problems.

This Java Applet has tested successfully tested on the following configurations

Windows XP with Internet Explorer 8

Windows xP with Firefox 12

Windows XP with Google Chrome 19

Linux OpenSuse 12.1 64 bit with Firefox 12

Mac OS X Lion with Firefox 13

Mac OS X Lion with Safari

IRC Client downloads of (Open source free) Xchat client:

For Windows

For Linux/BSD

For Mac OS X (or download from Apple Store)