Forums mIRC Help have mIRC catch irc link from browser?

is it possible to have mIRC catch irc links from web browser? i prefer them opening in mIRC rather than in a java plugin in web browsers.

The short answer is Yes. The longer answer (ie: how you accomplish this) is going to take a bit more time. My system has been setup like this for so long, I don't recall how I did it right now (sorry).

ic. if ever u remeber how to do it can u help me? thanks.

while waiting i think i look around google to see if someone have done it also.

the previous answer isn't entirely correct.
the problem here is what you mean with 'rather than in a java plugin in web browsers'.

if a website has installed a java webchat on their website, without giving the link to their chatroom in normal format ( <a href="irc://irc.network.net/channelname" target="_blank">irc://irc.network.net/channelname</a> ) then the answer is: NO, you can't, unless you check the source code of the page and do it manually... (probably you can write a DLL for opera or extention for firefox to do this automatically though)

if the IRC link is given, open up mIRC, go to options > irc > catcher , and enable "enable support" under 'chat links'. with that done, if you enter an irc:// link in your favorite browser it should open mIRC for it (in case of firefox you might have to add the protocol to the options but I'm not sure about that..., in case of opera, you will have to set mIRC as default application instead of opera itself for irc:// links)

ic, then its hard i guess, the link in every site that i have entered all uses the normal format ( <a href="irc://irc.network.net/channelname" target="_blank">irc://irc.network.net/channelname</a> ).

you mean, then it's easy ;-]

all you have to do is enable that option in mIRC, and make sure your web browser supports the protocol (IE does so by default, not sure about firefox, and you have to change the setting for opera because that has IRC support itself so will choose itself above mIRC)

Firefox also does it by default, unless you have installed an alternative extension.