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Can somebody explain the benefit of this? I kinda understand why somebody would want a web client. But hosting your own seems to defeat the purpose. From wha
by jlarocco 10y ago
Can somebody explain the benefit of this?
I kinda understand why somebody would want a web client.
But hosting your own seems to defeat the purpose. From what I've seen, web clients aren't nearly as good, and installing and running a full blown server app is a lot more work than installing and launching a standalone client.
Then again, I recently switched to ERC, so guess I'm really in no position to judge.
- MaxLeiter 10y agoIt's basically a self-hosted IRCCloud. You're always connected, so no need for znc or another bouncer, and you can easily access it on your phone or another computer.
- vertex-four 10y agoI can use the same client from my desktop, laptop, random tablets, phones, friend's game console, pretty much any device which has Internet access - and not have to learn three or four different interfaces and potentially miss out on chat logs. Also, running a server app isn't actually very hard if you're used to it. (And hopefully will be even easier in the future, once Sandstorm figures out their Powerbox.)
- blfr 10y agoPersonally, I prefer to use irssi over mosh but other people (often your friends, colleagues) are more comfortable with a webUI. It's easier to get going since you set everything up for them and they only need a browser.
- Rondom 10y agoI think Quassel IRC is a better fit for most purposes. You run the daemon (core) on a server and you can connect using a desktop-app, iOS-app, Android-app etc. I cannot see how any of the current web-only IRC-clients can provide this user experience. http://quassel-irc.org/ http://quassel-irc.org/
- buovjaga 10y agoThere is also https://github.com/magne4000/quassel-webserver https://github.com/magne4000/quassel-webserver