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does irc show link previews?

• orev 7y ago
  IRC is a protocol, not an app. Many apps can connect to it. An app can show previews if it wants to.
  • qwsxyh 7y ago
    So, no.
    • setr 7y ago
      So, mu. The question was incorrect.
    • tobias2014 7y ago
      Quassel IRC (an IRC client) does, for example.
    • hbosch 7y ago
      Many IRC clients, in fact, do. So, yes, kind of.
  • warp_factor 7y ago
    Good point. What I meant is use an open protocol to which simple applications (or whatever you prefer to use) can be plugged. Because my company uses Slack I now have to use their stupid UI proprietary implementation. I'm also annoyed that popular open source projects like Kubernetes moved to Slack because it's "discriminatory" to use IRC apparently.
    • eschaton 7y ago
      The IRC protocol is entirely open. You can make extensions to do anything you want.
    • noodlesUK 7y ago
      Discriminatory? Link?
      • vthriller 7y ago
        Here's an example from Mozilla: > While we still use it heavily, IRC is an ongoing source of abuse and harassment for many of our colleagues http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2019/04/26/synchronous-text/?s http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2019/04/26/synchronous-text/?s https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19763276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19763276
    • johnmaguire2013 7y ago
      > Because my company uses Slack I now have to use their stupid UI proprietary implementation. Have you tried wee-slack or similar?
• lqet 7y ago
  Hm, I am definitely not sure if you are joking.
• lbotos 7y ago
  some clients can, yes.
  • giancarlostoro 7y ago
    Yeah, long before Slack was a thing even.
• gnu8 7y ago
  Do you really want your client to load a URI just because someone dropped it in a channel you're in?
  • paxys 7y ago
    Slack client doesn't load URIs, the server does