LOL as usual I'm a day late and a dollar short! But I just signed into chat using Colloquy which is a Mac IRC (internet relay chat), program and one I highly recommend. It makes it so much easier. For Windows computers I recommend using Mirc.
For those having problems accessing the chat room there is a help post here:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...talk-chat.html
hth,
Jo