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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: achtung on September 03, 2005, 07:52:25 pm

Title: IRC clients
Post by: achtung on September 03, 2005, 07:52:25 pm: Any suggestions on some good FREE ones?:)

Plus no adware or spyware.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: vyper on September 03, 2005, 07:56:37 pm: Use Firefox? Grab the irc extension.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: delta_7890 on September 03, 2005, 08:12:50 pm: mIRC or pIRCh
Title: IRC clients
Post by: achtung on September 03, 2005, 08:16:53 pm: Quote
Originally posted by vyper
Use Firefox? Grab the irc extension.

Iv'e used firefox since .90 versions and I had no idea about that.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: Rictor on September 03, 2005, 08:26:27 pm: The FF one can not, as I recall, handle links or in fact easy server switching.

Get mIRC. You can get the "trial" version with all the normal functionality and just keep clicking "Buy Later" each time.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: Mongoose on September 03, 2005, 08:58:40 pm: Since I already use Trillian for AIM/ICQ, I just use it for IRC as well.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: BlackDove on September 03, 2005, 09:22:41 pm: mIRC.

And there are easy ways to get it registered. Easy.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: Kamikaze on September 03, 2005, 09:37:19 pm: Mirc sucks. Use Xchat (http://www.silverex.org/news/).
Title: IRC clients
Post by: Turnsky on September 04, 2005, 12:22:57 am: mIRC is better if you know what you're actually doing.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: Nuke on September 04, 2005, 12:28:10 am: i just use trilian, it has an adequit irc client if youre just chatting, but its not very scriptable, id go with mirc if you want something more advanced.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: vyper on September 04, 2005, 05:23:46 am: Quote
Originally posted by Rictor
The FF one can not, as I recall, handle links or in fact easy server switching.

Get mIRC. You can get the "trial" version with all the normal functionality and just keep clicking "Buy Later" each time.

The FF one handles links just fine.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: Grey Wolf on September 04, 2005, 09:47:04 am: HydraIRC.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: achtung on September 04, 2005, 11:14:14 am: linkage to these clients please :)
Title: IRC clients
Post by: Grey Wolf on September 04, 2005, 12:52:37 pm: Google is your friend, as is the Wikipedia. Use them.
Title: IRC clients
Post by: achtung on September 04, 2005, 01:36:30 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Grey Wolf
Google is your friend, as is the Wikipedia. Use them.

But.... but... laziness is my friend too:sigh: :D
Title: IRC clients
Post by: Grey Wolf on September 04, 2005, 06:44:55 pm: Google and Wikipedia are better friends than laziness. Also, here's a hint: For mIRC and HydraIRC, just add ".com"