Slimcat

Slimcat is a third-party F-chat client for Windows desktops. You can find the entry for Slimcat on the F-List Wiki here and you can find the Slimcat release thread here. If you know what you're doing, this is all you'll need to get started.

Downloading Slimcat
In the release thread, there is a link to this text file, which contains the links to the latest Slimcat releases. You can choose to download either the latest dev or latest stable -- I personally prefer to use stable releases, aka Slimcat "Puma". Once you've downloaded it, extract the .rar to wherever you want to use Slimcat from [try to pick somewhere easy to remember] and run Slimcat.exe. No installations required.

Once you've downloaded it, it's pretty straightforward to use. I feel no need to go in-depth with explaining how, so if you need help, you can either ask me [Netkeeper] or check the Slimcat entry over on the F-List Wiki.

Some noteworthy features

 * Automatic markup of links whenever you paste one into the chatbox
 * Shortcut keys for BBcode so you'll never codefail
 * Ability to customise notification settings per character and even per channel
 * A 'recent tabs' section so you can easily reopen a tab you might have lost or accidentally closed
 * Kink match % when you open up a user profile
 * Built-in spellchecker
 * Customisable themes. Use a different theme for each character and you'll never wrongtab again!
 * Settings and saved channel tabs unique to each character
 * Automatic reconnect when you drop from the chat
 * And a shitload of other features I don't make as much use of

Have I sold you on this yet? It's really the superior way to use F-chat.