Topic: Webchat to Freenode #solidoodle
Freenode have a webchat widget that you can use to chat on IRC without going through the hassle of installing and setting up an IRC client etc. It works pretty effectively, we use it to allow people to chat to us on our channel for Automation.
I would post a link to it, but looks like my account can't at this time or copy and paste the iframe code into a code block either.
Google webchat freenode, and on the top left there is a button that allows to setup and iframe or direct link to a webchat form with the channel prefilled.
It would really help reduce the barrier to entry, and get more people chatting.