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This controversy has got me back on IRC. It feels good to be sitting in chatrooms and occasionally able to pitch in and help people. And the interface is better

This controversy has got me back on IRC. It feels good to be sitting in chatrooms and occasionally able to pitch in and help people. And the interface is better than Slack. :-)

bayindirh 5y ago
> And the interface is better than Slack. Don't tell it everywhere. Some people might get offended. :D I agree with you though.
- rplnt 5y ago
  Is there a way to get similar feel that slack has for irc? You know, half a gigabyte of client data, at least 1GB of ram usage, multiple processes, high cpu load?
  - xena 5y ago
    Run badly written weechat scripts, a lot of them.
  - kadoban 5y ago
    I do realize you're being sarcastic, but to answer honestly anyway: best way is to use Matrix and bridge to IRC. This allows you to use almost all Matrix functionality without anyone you talk to on IRC being affected by that really at all. Matrix isn't anything like as resource heavy as Slack is I don't think (and to me more importantly it's an open, federated protocol), but to many IRCers it'll seem similar in both the good and the bad ways, depending on what they find comfortable.
    - anaganisk 5y ago
      I dont know how you use matrix but its android and pc client are heavy as hell and buggy, and isnt the desktop apps just electron based? I dont even want to get started with the resource hog of the matrix server instance.
      - kadoban 5y ago
        I just run it in browser. It runs "fine" for me. It doesn't bother me in terms of speed or resources. I wouldn't give it any kind of glowing recommendation on that front, I just think it's better than Slack. Slack crawls for me more than Matrix does, though to be fair I only use them each on totally separate machines, so it's not a fair test. Raw IRC beats both in resources and responsiveness, but the tradeoffs are well worth it for me to use Matrix personally (to name just one, I consider scrollback to be a required feature, and to get that with IRC requires too much effort/cost).
      - foresto 5y ago
        Yes, the desktop version is an Electron app. It's a bit of a pig, but an understandable choice for a small team delivering a truly open e2ee protocol and cross-platform software suite as quickly as they have. I'm willing to tolerate the Electron bloat for now. The good news is that lighter Matrix clients like Nheko exist, and are steadily improving. I expect to switch within a year. https://matrix.org/clients/ https://matrix.org/clients/
  - myself248 5y ago
    Not aware of how to do any of those things, but if you want some of the _better_ aspects: Lives in a browser tab, connect from anywhere, etc, look into TheLounge or Convos as your client. I'm a major version behind on TheLounge and it's still fantastic.
natrys 5y ago
It had be write my first weechat script, it's fun :)
NoahTheDuke 5y ago
What client do you use?
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- bencollier49 5y ago
  Textual.

This controversy has got me back on IRC. It feels good to be sitting in chatrooms and occasionally able to pitch in and help people. And the interface is better than Slack. :-)

bayindirh 5y ago

> And the interface is better than Slack. Don't tell it everywhere. Some people might get offended. :D I agree with you though.

rplnt 5y ago
Is there a way to get similar feel that slack has for irc? You know, half a gigabyte of client data, at least 1GB of ram usage, multiple processes, high cpu load?
- xena 5y ago
  Run badly written weechat scripts, a lot of them.
- kadoban 5y ago
  I do realize you're being sarcastic, but to answer honestly anyway: best way is to use Matrix and bridge to IRC. This allows you to use almost all Matrix functionality without anyone you talk to on IRC being affected by that really at all. Matrix isn't anything like as resource heavy as Slack is I don't think (and to me more importantly it's an open, federated protocol), but to many IRCers it'll seem similar in both the good and the bad ways, depending on what they find comfortable.
  - anaganisk 5y ago
    I dont know how you use matrix but its android and pc client are heavy as hell and buggy, and isnt the desktop apps just electron based? I dont even want to get started with the resource hog of the matrix server instance.
    - kadoban 5y ago
      I just run it in browser. It runs "fine" for me. It doesn't bother me in terms of speed or resources. I wouldn't give it any kind of glowing recommendation on that front, I just think it's better than Slack. Slack crawls for me more than Matrix does, though to be fair I only use them each on totally separate machines, so it's not a fair test. Raw IRC beats both in resources and responsiveness, but the tradeoffs are well worth it for me to use Matrix personally (to name just one, I consider scrollback to be a required feature, and to get that with IRC requires too much effort/cost).
    - foresto 5y ago
      Yes, the desktop version is an Electron app. It's a bit of a pig, but an understandable choice for a small team delivering a truly open e2ee protocol and cross-platform software suite as quickly as they have. I'm willing to tolerate the Electron bloat for now. The good news is that lighter Matrix clients like Nheko exist, and are steadily improving. I expect to switch within a year. https://matrix.org/clients/ https://matrix.org/clients/
- myself248 5y ago
  Not aware of how to do any of those things, but if you want some of the _better_ aspects: Lives in a browser tab, connect from anywhere, etc, look into TheLounge or Convos as your client. I'm a major version behind on TheLounge and it's still fantastic.

natrys 5y ago

It had be write my first weechat script, it's fun :)

NoahTheDuke 5y ago

What client do you use?

deleted 5y ago
[deleted]
bencollier49 5y ago
Textual.