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Offline SlamBliss

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What is the Best IRC client?
« on: July 31, 2007, 06:42:58 am »
Hey guys, I was just stopping by to see if anyone could point me in the direction of the best irc client. I've tried mIRC and it is nice, but I was just wondering if there was anything better. Using pidgin really leaves alot to be desired in the command department and reminds me too much of an AOL chatroom (never really liked those damned things.)

So would anyone mind throwing a few program names at me? :P
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2007, 08:43:50 am »
I personally like irssi.
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2007, 12:25:37 pm »
On Windows, you really can't beat mIRC.

On Linux, XChat is really nice, and irssi is awesome too.
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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2007, 01:55:11 pm »
Use SILC, not IRC.

(There is an irssi with silc injected into it.)
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2007, 03:29:58 pm »
Quote from: SlamBliss on July 31, 2007, 06:42:58 am
mIRC and it is nice
I'm sorry, but you fail.  mIRC is the worst.  XChat and irssi are far better.
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2007, 04:11:48 pm »
Quote from: rabbit on July 31, 2007, 03:29:58 pm
I'm sorry, but you fail.  mIRC is the worst.  XChat and irssi are far better.
Most people (myself included) are too lazy to compile the binaries for Windows. :P
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2007, 04:45:37 pm »
Quote from: deadly7 on July 31, 2007, 04:11:48 pm
Quote from: rabbit on July 31, 2007, 03:29:58 pm
I'm sorry, but you fail.  mIRC is the worst.  XChat and irssi are far better.
Most people (myself included) are too lazy to compile the binaries for Windows. :P
Most people (myself included) find readily available binaries for Windows. :P
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2007, 04:58:03 pm »
Quote from: Ergot on July 31, 2007, 04:45:37 pm
Most people (myself included) find readily available binaries for Windows. :P
Still too lazy. Find me some XChat Windows binaries plz.
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on AIM with a drunk mythix:
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2007, 05:36:54 pm »
Look here: http://b0at.tx0.org/xchat/ or if you're really that damn lazy... click here: http://silverex.info/download/xchat-2.8.0-1.exe
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Quote from: Newby on February 26, 2006, 12:16:58 am
Who gives a damn? I fuck sheep all the time.
Quote from: rabbit on December 11, 2005, 01:05:35 pm
And yes, male both ends.  There are a couple lesbians that need a two-ended dildo...My router just refuses to wear a strap-on.
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2007, 05:47:03 pm »
on windows, mirc is still better than xchat, in my opinion. i've never used irssi. silc would be nice if it were widely popular, but sadly it's not.
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2007, 06:38:06 pm »
Depends on what you are using IRC for, I suppose.  In my experience, there is a vastly better signal to noise ratio in terms of intelligent people on SILC.  Not to mention that it's designed for the paranoid from the ground up, unlike IRC, if you're concerned about that sort of thing.
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2007, 01:40:53 pm »
I've never actually looked into SILC. What is it, exactly? What benefits are there to using SILC over IRC?

I'm content with using IRC, and would/will probably switch if/when SILC gains some momentum and people start moving over to it.
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[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2007, 03:05:23 pm »
I tried SILC but I had no idea what it was for or who was on it, so I stopped using it :X
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2007, 04:48:33 pm »
Quote from: rabbit on July 31, 2007, 03:29:58 pm
I'm sorry, but you fail.  mIRC is the worst.  XChat and irssi are far better.

I'm not quite sure how you can say that. Have you actually used mIRC? Its got the best chat interface of any program I have used to date. Not to mention a powerful and easy to use script language.


That said I do use SILC and its kinda nice, I mean it makes it easy for me to harrass Skywing. I actually tried to get some friends to move over to it but the lack of a decent program for it kind of scared them away. So I'm on 1 SILC server and half a dozen or so IRC servers.
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Re: What is the Best IRC client?
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2007, 07:47:04 pm »
Quote from: zorm on July 31, 2007, 04:48:33 pm
Quote from: rabbit on July 31, 2007, 03:29:58 pm
I'm sorry, but you fail.  mIRC is the worst.  XChat and irssi are far better.

I'm not quite sure how you can say that. Have you actually used mIRC? Its got the best chat interface of any program I have used to date. Not to mention a powerful and easy to use script language.


That said I do use SILC and its kinda nice, I mean it makes it easy for me to harrass Skywing. I actually tried to get some friends to move over to it but the lack of a decent program for it kind of scared them away. So I'm on 1 SILC server and half a dozen or so IRC servers.

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