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Linkinus 1.3 brings split chats, embedded videos, and a performance boost

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Jun 4th, 2008



Linkinus is the preferred IRC client for a lot of our readers, I know (personally I tend towards Colloquy, but only because I'm a cheapskate and it's donationware), and they kindly dropped us a note to let us know they'd updated to version 1.3. The new build includes the ability to split chat windows (as seen above), in addition to a revamped UI, "major" performance upgrades, plaintext and Spotlight support for logging, and a whole slew of fun things to play around with, including, we're told, a "Whisper" style that will actually embed images, audio files, and YouTube and Google videos right into your chat windows (a la Campfire). Apparently IRC isn't just text anymore.

In fact, at $20 for all these features, Linkinus really is a steal for anyone who spends any amount of time in an IRC channel. Colloquy still does everything I need it to when I jump into IRC periodically, but if you want to chat like a pro in there, Linkinus is a great choice.

Tags: campfire, colloquy, google, irc, irc-client, linkinus, linkinus-1.3, split, split-chat, upgrade, whisper, windows, youtube

Filed under: Software, iPhone

Colloquy for iPhone Debuts

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Sep 10th, 2007

Gallery: iPhone Colloquy

A new IRC client debuted on the iPhone today and is available for download from Installer.app. Like many other iPhone projects, Mobile Colloquy is still in its early days, taking baby alpha release steps, but it shows excellent promise. It allows you to create server profiles, enter your user information and, of course, connect to those servers and chat.

Although Mobile Colloquy uses the same core as Mac OS X Colloquy, the two projects are not affiliated. For any issues with Mobile Colloquy, the developers request that you please file reports at the Mobile Colloquy Google Code site and not at colloquy.info.

Tags: Colloquy, IRC, Mobile Colloquy, MobileColloquy

Filed under: How-tos, iPhone

IRC on iPhone

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Jul 6th, 2007

Gear Live has a nice tutorial for getting IRC up on the iPhone. You'll need Colloquy, this plugin, and about 10 seconds to spend with Terminal. Once you're done with setup, launch (or relaunch) Colloquy and point your iPhone's browser to http://YourIP:6667. Visual learners may want to check out the walk-through gallery.

Enter the password you set up in the previous step and you're all set! The UI is clean and readable. I've tried it and it worked great.

Tags: colloquy, iphone, irc

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