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I’ve been a software engineer for several years now and I still have trouble with MiRC and Adium. I tried Irssi and eventually gave up with it. The problem with

I’ve been a software engineer for several years now and I still have trouble with MiRC and Adium. I tried Irssi and eventually gave up with it. The problem with IRC is that even the “simple” clients never just work. There’s always some little infuriating quirks that you have to dive super deep into configs to figure out if it’s even possible to resolve without some sort of PR to the repository.

kuschku 9y ago
Well, quassel for example doesn’t even have configs, everything is done in simple ways via the UI, and everyone, including the devs, uses that. It’s rocksolid, just works, and if you use the core/client split version, you can also connect a webinterface and mobile client to it.
YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 9y ago
These kinds of comments almost make me not want to live on this Earth any more.
- astrobe_ 9y ago
  Most comments really just say: "IRC is like email. An old boring tool that just does its job. I'm not having fun with it, I'm not feeling special when using, so I need a 'modern' alternative."
  - debaserab2 9y ago
    I don't think what these comments are saying at all. IRC didn't do it's job well, that's why it was replaced.
0xVi 9y ago
I"m a big fan of irccloud. It's the simplest client I've found and it's free, aside from subscribing for power-user features.