What is the difference between Comic Chat and IRC (Internet Relay Chat)?
Microsoft Comic Chat is a graphical chat client that can be used like any text chat client on the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel. Not everyone inside the channel (chat room) needs to be using Microsoft Comic Chat for this to work. Text chat users will automatically be assigned a character, so that the entire chat will be graphically represented to the Microsoft Comic Chat client user(s). When using Microsoft Comic Chat on an IRC channel where most of the other users are using IRC text clients, it is a good idea to begin by clicking the Options menu and then checking the Do Not Send Comic Information box. This will prevent special comics messages from being sent to the other chat clients. Once you log off Comic Chat, the client will reset. When you log on the next time, the Do Not Send Comic Information box is not checked.
