Ever since I switched from google chrome to opera my computer crashes when I try to get on IRC through opera. I had to stop using google chrome (and firefox) because my computer wouldn't run either program for whatever reason... so now I use opera. anyway, just wondering if it's the opera program that doesn't like IRC, or if my computer's just retarded, if it is opera, does anyone know a way to either get google chrome or firefox working when the computer refuses to run them, or is there another program that runs IRC besides internet explorer that I can run? any help is greatly appreciated.

There's a handful of dedicated IRC clients listed here:

http://e621.net/help/irc

Just choose one, tell it to connect to irc.furnet.org, channel #e621, and you're good.

woo! thanks tony. :D

Could be an issue with Opera. In my experience, Opera has some weird compatibility issues with things, especially if Flash or Java is involved. There are a lot of things about Opera I love, but I've found it to be unreliable. As for getting the other programs running, you'll have to be a lot more specific about your system for any help :p

But if the IRC's all you're interested in, stick with Opera and one of those ^^ clients.

Opera is just jelly that it's built in irc is pathetic.