I was in Firefox first then now I’m trying IE. did fullscreen on both. I still don’t see anything on the bottom below the chat window. 
ok I’m in now and able to type!
thank you!!!
I just want to make it clear… I’m not trying to circumvent Amy at all… just I know how the chat junkies are … and I know they wanted to talk…
so i offered my server for backup…
Okay, it should be working now.
Folks, I actually have a back-up chatroom we could use if need be. The location, for future reference, is: www.knittinghelp.com/java-chat.php
(edited out text, where I was considering switching to this software.)
UPDATE:
I just tried out this other chatroom with Norman, and I officially HATE it! So, no chance of using that as our primary chatroom, it’s HORRIBLY frustrating to be repeatedly bumped out of a room. It’s a java-based chatroom like the yahoo room, so it bumps people out. It was also doing this other annoying thing that also made me get bumped out.
Well, anyway, there it is as a back-up, I’d prefer we use it as the back-up chatroom when needed. But definitely the one we have now is FAR more reliable.