Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is the grand-daddy of all instant messaging protocols. My modest IRC needs have traditionally been satisfied by the nice donationware application Colloquy, but reader Jago writes in to tell us about a new OS X IRC client: Linkinus. The three-column interface appears attractive and is probably worth a look-see for the heavy IRC user.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-27-2007 @ 1:42PM
andynahman said...
Stick with Colloguy......universal, free and chalk-full of features....
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4-27-2007 @ 1:43PM
andynahman said...
oops! Colloquy**
get it here...
http://colloquy.info/
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4-27-2007 @ 2:32PM
Henrik said...
Definitely IRSSI. I think it's built into OSX actually, and it's nice to be able to fire it up inside a terminal screen so you can seamlessly move around to other machines and SSH into your mac to IRC with a persistent log, if you keep your mac running 24/7 like I do.
If you didn't understand anything I said, then Colloquy is probably better. :-)
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4-27-2007 @ 2:34PM
iamdigitalman said...
meh, i'll stick with xchat aqua. it's free, has tabs, and a nice clean interface. It also has plugins (both ones that come with it, and you can add custom ones). The only thing I don't like is you can't change your name without editing the master prefs.
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4-27-2007 @ 3:29PM
SPeedY_B said...
IRSSI+Screen FTW definitely, however, if it comes with OS X, that's the first I've ever heard of it ;)
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4-27-2007 @ 6:13PM
Sam who is eating Green Eggs and Ham said...
I really like Snak for my IRC needs, been using it for quite some time (since pre-OSX days), and the author has implemented lots of neat stuff. It's a real joy to use and is really "mac-like."
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4-28-2007 @ 10:54AM
Gary said...
I've tried this client out and it's simply awesome. It's so nice, I paid the $19.95 and registered. For a GUI IRC client, it's smooth and uses little resources. It's very Mac-ish in its appearance and full featured. I still use console apps here and there (like a few mentioned above) when I'm in a console session, but when I'm on my MBP I'm going to use Linkinus. A few of my buddies online have tried it and agree.
To the developers, you guys have done a GREAT job and I can't wait to see future versions.
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4-28-2007 @ 8:20PM
Jago Goddard said...
Gary, thanks for your kind words and support. We're working hard to make this the best IRC app it can possibly be!
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4-30-2007 @ 8:48AM
anton said...
paying for an IRC client? nigguh plz. im sticking to IRSSI.
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