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I'm so glad he advocated for IRC. If we can get IRC to have inline images and chat history, we are good to go.
by rocky1138 9y ago
I'm so glad he advocated for IRC. If we can get IRC to have inline images and chat history, we are good to go.
- wcummings 9y agoIRC already has these, its just a matter of packaging it. FWIW irccloud is a lot like slack but for IRC, they offer "team" accounts and hosting. No search, though.
- rhizome 9y agoand chat history How is this not possible with IRC? Channel log bots have been around for yonks.
- inopinatus 9y agoOnly Slack's integrated view of history is acceptable to nontechnical users. Also to technical users like me who don't want to mess around maintaining and talking to bots. I believe the dismal UX in your suggestion is the reason Slack is popular. By contrast, "it just works" and it works consistently across all communities, making for a compelling product.
- cuckcuckspruce 9y agoLimeChat on the Mac supports both of those features. I'm sure there are other clients that do as well. And for history, there are plenty of history bots that have web searchable archives of IRC channels.
- Veratyr 9y agoWeechat with Glowing Bear does too but it needs to be set up.
- dgut 9y agoTextual 6 supports inline images and chat history.
- benkillin 9y agoYou can get that with weechat + screen + glowingbear.
- Spivak 9y agoOr with an IRC bouncer but we're well beyond what I would expect anyone non-technical to set up.