1. If you all ready use FireFox then all you have to do is go to
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 and install the add on chatzilla.
2. Once it is installed go to tools and Chatzilla will be one of the selections under "Tools."
3. Click on "freenode".
4. Change your nickname: type "
/nick nickname".
5. It will ask you to register your nickname to do that, type "
/msg nickserv register <your-password> <your-email>" just like this "
/msg nickserv register mypassword me@gmail.com"
6. You will have to reply to the email that gets send to you. Once registered, every time you log in, you will have to type "
/msg nickserv identify mypassword" (or you can configure the auto-perform to do this for you.)
7. Type "
/join #srp" - and then on the #srp tab that pops up, right-click and choose "Open This Channel At Startup".