No, it is not very friendly to AOL's custom browser.
You need to minimize it(do not close it), open an Internet Explorer browser then follow the following instructions exactly.
Now, to get the Ichat program, you just need to click on the link below.
Click to download the chat client for Internet Explorer
When you do so, a box will pop up asking what you want to do with it. Make sure the 'save this program to disk' button is picked and click ok.
Then another box wil pop up. Make sure the pulldown at the top of the box says 'Desktop' and click save.
Now you will need to close the browser and you'll find an icon on your desktop called 'msichat install' just double click it and ok any boxes that pop up and it'll install it for you.
You can put the msichat install in the trash once it's done installing, you don't need it any further.
Now, once you have that done, you need to make a login, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to make sure you can login ok. The chat room is always there, even when there is no organized event.
To make a login, just follow this link(and remember to write down the name and password!!):
Click HERE to make a new account
Once that's done, you can now login! Put in your username and password, then click the pulldown and pick use ichat plugin if you installed or, if you did not or can't install it, try each choice in descending order from the list until you have one that you can connect properly with and you're done! NOTE: you need to click the refresh button in HTML version of chat to see anything, if that's your only choice.
Click HERE to join chat!!!!