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Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

Nicole Simon (Berlin, Germany) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:18:53 -0000

Effnet? No way. Left that one when the server did the split. ;)

Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

Guest — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:20:30 -0000

Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

MikeonTV — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:33:49 -0000

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

Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

Nicole Simon (Berlin, Germany) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:33:49 -0000

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.

Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

Conor — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:28:52 -0000

Doesn't have anything on X-Chat or Colloquy.

Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

Dallas Clark — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:33:05 -0000

wow! I'm getting tired (reading my last post), must go to sleep

Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

Dallas Clark — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:31:00 -0000

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.

Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

Adam — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:08:35 -0000

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??

Re: Still Talk Via IRC? Want To Start? Give Mibbit A Try.

_nath — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:54:42 -0000

so should have used flex and jabber..