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This seems like a promising project, but right now it still is lacking some features that are very nice to have in my opinion: * Colored nick-names * Theme-ab
by Cu3PO42 8y ago
This seems like a promising project, but right now it still is lacking some features that are very nice to have in my opinion:
* Colored nick-names
* Theme-ability, even if only through user-provided CSS overrides
* Nickname autocompletion when hitting tab, preferably with some logic such as "you talked to this user recently"
* A locked down mode in which only authorised users can connect
That said, I really like the fact that you can search the history right from the client. Since I am not using this in production, maybe someone with more experience can tell me about how well it scales?
Also I feel that the separation of channels and DMs with users is very sensible.
I personally use The Lounge (https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge) for my web IRC needs, which solves my main issues outlined above, but doesn't have searchable history nor separated users and channels (there might be a setting for this that I haven't found yet).
- MaxLeiter 8y agoWhat do you mean separated users and channels?
- mkesper 8y agoMaybe seperate channel info and chat messages (like e.g. kvirc enables to do)?
- Cu3PO42 8y agoI should have been more clear about that. I meant a visual separation between the channels I join in a network and the users in the same network that I open DMs with. I realize I can achieve this by hand, but I frequently join/leave channels and open new DMs and it would just be a nice to have thing for it to happen automatically. So far it hasn't bothered me enough to actually open a feature request, so take this with a grain of salt.
- cjbprime 8y agoI've been using The Lounge too, but noticed that my IRC sessions often time out silently and don't reconnect automatically, which is a dealbreaker since I don't check IRC that often.
- MaxLeiter 8y agoThis shouldn’t happened in recent versions. What version are you on?
- jtreminio 8y ago> doesn't have searchable history nor separated users and channels (there might be a setting for this that I haven't found yet). Yes it does: https://thelounge.chat/docs/server/users.html https://thelounge.chat/docs/server/users.html
- Cu3PO42 8y agoI didn't express myself very clearly, I'm afraid. I didn't mean separated users as in user accounts, but that there is no visual separation between channels I join in a network and the users I open direct messages with.
- xPaw 8y agoThey have different icons by default. If that's not enough, I'm sure you could write some CSS to make the difference stand out even further. There's a custom CSS box in settings that you can put your styles in easily.
- Cu3PO42 8y agoThank you, I'm aware of that and currently using the custom CSS for some things. I realize I didn't say exactly what I meant to say (again; sorry about that)... By visual separation I meant for example a vertical line with all channels being above that line and all users below it. I realize I can rearrange them manually, but I frequently join/quit channels and message new users in some networks and have that happen automatically would be a "nice to have" feature for me. Clearly this didn't bother me enough to actually implement it or even open an issue with a feature request, so please do take this with a grain of salt. Thank you for working on this awesome project and responding to my feedback!