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> nobody has put effort into making a sexy product Again we are comparing a product to a protocol. I’m just pointing out that this is not a reasonable compari
by josteink 7y ago
> nobody has put effort into making a sexy product
Again we are comparing a product to a protocol.
I’m just pointing out that this is not a reasonable comparison.
There were multiple web-enabled IRC bouncers (closed products) which would be easy to use for anyone, including non-techsavy people.
But evidently the majority of IRC-users were fine without that and preferred the traditional client-server-protocol realm.
- dijit 7y agoIRC is more than a protocol, it’s an ecosystem. You cannot simply talk about IRC in complete isolation. It’s akin to comparing SMTP with chrome. You have to include the clients and surrounding infrastructure.