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A few projects exist that try to be "modern" UIs for IRC (bias: I contribute to Lounge) TheLounge - https://thelounge.chat https://thelounge.chat (FOSS, self-h

• merb 9y ago
  they don't look "modern"..
  • amiga-workbench 9y ago
    Yeah, there isn't enough low contrast text and excessive white space.
    • MaxLeiter 9y ago
      TheLounge has full support for themes and custom CSS on the client
  • mynameisvlad 9y ago
    Did you actually look at them? The Lounge looks like a less image-heavy Slack. It's definitely following most modern design trends like flat UIs. At the very least it looks and feels far more modern than, for instance, mIRC.
  • dabernathy89 9y ago
    I just played with The Lounge a bit and it actually looks really nice.
• freddie_mercury 9y ago
  No way to edit a message I've already sent. I'll stick with Slack.
  • tomsmeding 9y ago
    You can't do that in IRC at all, so it would be impossible for a UI to offer that feature. ;)
    • buovjaga 9y ago
      It's on the horizon, though: https://github.com/ircv3/ircv3-specifications/pull/304 https://github.com/ircv3/ircv3-specifications/pull/304
    • freddie_mercury 9y ago
      It is almost seems like you are saying there are technical reasons for them dropping IRC....
• lorenzhs 9y ago
  Let me add Glowing Bear, a project I contribute to that builds on top of WeeChat: https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear