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AFAIK many people use a bouncer (e.g. ZNC) for connecting to IRC. ZNC at least supports individual backlog for multiple devices. So I think that is a fairly sta
by skowalak 4y ago
AFAIK many people use a bouncer (e.g. ZNC) for connecting to IRC. ZNC at least supports individual backlog for multiple devices. So I think that is a fairly standard solution.
- emptysongglass 4y agoMulti-device with history is not built-in to the spec which makes it a non-starter for big rollout. IRC has had many years to adapt but it didn't so here we are.
- Firehawke 4y agoWell, IRC 3 has been in development hell longer than Duke Nukem Forever was. As someone who was essentially constantly on IRC back in the 90s to early 2000s, IRC is just significantly less usable "out of the box" than Discord or Matrix; either is significantly easier to teach someone to use, especially multiple-device. The ship has sailed and I don't think IRC3 will ever get traction even if it ends up actually being good.
- usrn 4y agoJust check the channel log. There's no reason to make this so complicated. We're not even talking about "normal users" these are people involved in the Gnome project. I'm sure they can figure out how to click a link in the channel topic.