Firefox 3.5 with Mibbit, an IRC client

The last night of Firefox 3.5 now includes Mibbit your IRC client to manage protocols, so now when click on a link irc: / / (or its variant encrypted, IRC: / /), Mibbit automatically redirect you to you can connect to the server through its web interface.

Support for web controllers protocols have been introduced in Firefox 3, and allows the browser to redirect web service that is able to manage and understand that request.Firefox 3 includes support for Gmail, Yahoo Mail and 30boxes as calendar and email providers.

  As with other service managers, you must explicitly select it from the Programs section of the Options window (or Preferences, depending on your OS).

  If you want to add Mibbit now, follow the instructions in a previous article from Mozilla Links.