I'm not really comparing the slack of today with mIRC which was first released in 1995. In early 2000s back when IRC was still very popular, mIRC was a breeze t

I'm not really comparing the slack of today with mIRC which was first released in 1995. In early 2000s back when IRC was still very popular, mIRC was a breeze to use on computers which existed. It hasn't seen much development over the past decade and it shows, but it's commendable that lightness was a priority for developers who built it.