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IRC is a protocol, not an app. Many apps can connect to it. An app can show previews if it wants to.
by 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 agoSo, no.
- setr 7y agoSo, mu. The question was incorrect.
- tobias2014 7y agoQuassel IRC (an IRC client) does, for example.
- hbosch 7y agoMany IRC clients, in fact, do. So, yes, kind of.
- warp_factor 7y agoGood 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 agoThe IRC protocol is entirely open. You can make extensions to do anything you want.
- noodlesUK 7y agoDiscriminatory? Link?
- vthriller 7y agoHere'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?