[achtung]

Any suggestions on some good FREE ones?

Plus no adware or spyware.

[vyper]

Use Firefox? Grab the irc extension.

[delta_7890]

mIRC or pIRCh

[achtung]

Originally posted by vyper
Use Firefox? Grab the irc extension.

Iv'e used firefox since .90 versions and I had no idea about that.

[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.

[Mongoose]

Since I already use Trillian for AIM/ICQ, I just use it for IRC as well.

[BlackDove]

mIRC.

And there are easy ways to get it registered. Easy.

[Kamikaze]

Mirc sucks. Use Xchat.

[Turnsky]

mIRC is better if you know what you're actually doing.

[Nuke]

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.

[vyper]

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.

[Grey Wolf]

HydraIRC.

[achtung]

linkage to these clients please

[Grey Wolf]

Google is your friend, as is the Wikipedia. Use them.

[achtung]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf
Google is your friend, as is the Wikipedia. Use them.

But.... but... laziness is my friend too:sigh:

[Grey Wolf]

Google and Wikipedia are better friends than laziness. Also, here's a hint: For mIRC and HydraIRC, just add ".com"