I have deleted 9.8 from the server for security purposes. If you want, I can e-mail it to you, provided the e-mail address you want me to send it to is not Gmail. (Gmail does not accept executables.)
Absolutely no development is being made on the forum chatbox, and very little work is being made on VRC so we can focus our efforts on VRIM, which will have a proper DSi version.
May I quickly suggest a more mobile friendly version of the site? Browsing via the DSi browser is extremely awkward, especially in column mode, in which the chatbox disappears.