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I agree. We should evolve the IRC spec to support the modern requirements of common users. Then web clients are just an addition. Call it IRC2 or anything if it

by keyle 6y ago

I agree. We should evolve the IRC spec to support the modern requirements of common users. Then web clients are just an addition. Call it IRC2 or anything if it offends the original IRC nerds (which I'm part of)

remexre 6y ago
Well, there's IRCv3... Problem with multi-device is you need some way of authenticating multiple TCP connections as the same logical user, at which point a lot of IRC's simplicity of implementation has been lost. Whether that's a worthwhile sacrifice is a different question though; I think it might be (as a young IRC nerd).
- Cloudef 6y ago
  Irc over ssh would solve that and add encryption as a bonus.
- na85 6y ago
  I feel like certificate based authentication with the server as an optional usermode would solve that.
- keyle 6y ago
  Yes, I had keys in mind. Some work definitely for UX improvements there, onboarding users.