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It's a shame there has not been an easy, free way to solve the major problems with IRC for everybody: - no history while you are not in a channel - lack of mo
by ATsch 10y ago
It's a shame there has not been an easy, free way to solve the major problems with IRC for everybody:
- no history while you are not in a channel
- lack of modern features like sending images and lack of good UX
- no mobile notifications
Matrix.org solves these problems very well IMO, but it's adoption is abysmal too.
- lorenzhs 10y agoAll of these problems are solvable, though: - Commonly addressed with logging bots and a link to the log in the topic - Some clients have this: when you drag an image into Glowing Bear (a web frontend for WeeChat that I'm working on), it gets uploaded to imgur and a link to the image is pasted in the channel. It can also display images and videos inline if you wish. - Easily handled with services like push{over,bullet} The problem is that these things don't work out of the box and that there's a learning curve. It's just not a very friendly experience for newcomers.