Wow. Haven't used IRC in years. Used to be my primary means of communicating on the Internet. Cool to see mibbit is giving it a fresh look. Might have to start again =) Any IRC veterans know of any popular tech channels??
Dallas Clark
· 1 year ago
cool to see IRC making another appearance is such a long time, maybe it will rebound like JavaScript did?
Also we don't need to use IRC like we traditionally used to, why not make your online chat application that use an IRC channel? Or use IRC as a news channel that all your websites feed from.
Dallas Clark
· 1 year ago
wow! I'm getting tired (reading my last post), must go to sleep
Conor
· 1 year ago
Doesn't have anything on X-Chat or Colloquy.
Nicole Simon
· 1 year ago
You make it sound as if IRC is so far behind, nobody would ever want to use that again. I would say most veterans still use their old setup - in my case that is basically a decade old setup of MIRC and it is about new users entering the fold.
The beauty and the features of IRC are still unmatched in nearly all IM apps while some advancements have been made to make it more shiny.
Twitter has added the mobile functionality - for all the people never bothering to setup their irc or jabber clients on the phone, but basically the reason why many return is because the rest is still so much in it's infancy.
It is a pity though that all of the apps do not mix both worlds - but then again, it is probably about loosing control when you have your users run on an irc client/ server, they might actually go away from you.
MikeonTV
· 1 year ago
Anyone who has 'given up' on IRC is missing out. It's where the Internet begins. Literally every meme gets passed around there before it makes it to 4chan, youtube or digg. You can always find me on Dalnet or EFNet
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Also we don't need to use IRC like we traditionally used to, why not make your online chat application that use an IRC channel? Or use IRC as a news channel that all your websites feed from.
The beauty and the features of IRC are still unmatched in nearly all IM apps while some advancements have been made to make it more shiny.
Twitter has added the mobile functionality - for all the people never bothering to setup their irc or jabber clients on the phone, but basically the reason why many return is because the rest is still so much in it's infancy.
It is a pity though that all of the apps do not mix both worlds - but then again, it is probably about loosing control when you have your users run on an irc client/ server, they might actually go away from you.
You can always find me on Dalnet or EFNet