Live Chat
Using a screen reader? There's a screen-reader friendly chat — same room and same people, laid out for speech and keyboard.
Trouble with the chat? Open it in a new window.
Commands
Same muscle memory as the old board. Type these straight into the message line:
/nick <name>— change your handle/join <room>— move to a room (creates it if new)/rooms— list the rooms that exist/who— who's on right now/msg <user> <text>— private message/me <action>— third-person action/lock <key>— make the current room private/help— the full list
If the room's empty, leave the tab open — that's how it worked in 1994 too.