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> They're not pretty It's an open protocol. Check out Kiwiirc, it's pretty good looking! A decent front-end team could build a nice interface. > There's no go
by SeeDave 10y ago
> They're not pretty
It's an open protocol. Check out Kiwiirc, it's pretty good looking! A decent front-end team could build a nice interface.
> There's no good account system so users can easily spoof being someone else.
I believe that NickServ takes care of this.
As far as logging, and file-sharing. Yeah you're onto something. IRC isn't as bad as people make it out to be :/
- Karunamon 10y agoNickServ (and all services packages for that matter) are basically hacks. They create god-clients on the server which have special rights. Personally, I'd rather have accounting and permissions be a core part of the protocol, not a bolted on afterthought.
- onion2k 10y agoCheck out Kiwiirc, it's pretty good looking! A decent front-end team could build a nice interface. Of course. But they haven't. Kiwi isn't bad for an IRC client, but it's way behind Slack. I believe that NickServ takes care of this. Nickserv is hard for a typical user to understand. The number of times someone thinks they've registered a name when they actually haven't demonstrates that. Ghosting makes it harder too. I used IRC for about a decade. I used even more esoteric online chat services like telnet talkers and MUSHs too. They're great if you learn how to use them. But that's the key difference - you don't need to learn Slack. It works how you'd expect it to work. A user can just pick it up and do things with it. That's a massive difference, and possibly the main reason why Slack can charge a decent price for their product.