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Irc Forever (koshka.love)
submitted 1 year ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I found myself loving what this guy writes about IRC, and I think a lot of his words will go straight to the heart of specially the older nerds here on Lemmy.

Hope you enjoy.

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[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still use IRC but it gets really clunky / complicated when you want to have push notifications / persistent history etc.. You end up setting up something like ZNC (IRC Bouncer) to act as an always online server and then hooking clients to it persist your online status.

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It works out of the box and completely painlessly with The Lounge.

It web based so some might not be a fan, but for mobile use it's pretty great. Just install as PWA on Android or iOS and it's pretty seamless.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I have heard a few people mention using it.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It looks nice. But I assume it's sending messages in clear text? Im using Element a bit (https://element.io/) but it doesn't feel as fun as Lemmy. I guess it can be great for general chatting in real time though.

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 2 points 1 year ago

It's an IRC client, so yes everything is plain text. IRC is a very basic protocol, no encryption or anything other than TLS for your connection to the server.