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No, it's not actually IRC, just web-based chatrooms. That comparison has caused some unnecessary confusion. Embeddable is coming soon. The problem with making
by bdr 16y ago
No, it's not actually IRC, just web-based chatrooms. That comparison has caused some unnecessary confusion. Embeddable is coming soon.
The problem with making a web-based interface to IRC is that you're liable to get blocked like Mibbit.
- derefr 16y agoWhy not a web client, to an IRC gateway, to your own IRC servers, though? That would be my strategy—scaling an IRCd is a very, very well-researched problem, compared to scaling your own proprietary backend.
- mdisraeli 16y agoI've always thought that IRC should be more of the technology, not the tools. More importantly, being able to use IRC would offer the easy solution to the critical mass problem.