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Don't worry, at the speed at which IRCv3 is being implemented we won't see the effects on real-world servers for another 20 years anyway :P I know I exaggerate

Don't worry, at the speed at which IRCv3 is being implemented we won't see the effects on real-world servers for another 20 years anyway :P I know I exaggerate but I'm sure that traditional IRC clients will be supported for a long time to come as a fallback. Personally I'd like some mod cons, like the server keeping state and not needing a bouncer. Server side scrollback would be another one. However I'm not sure if these are in the standard. Not a fan of the typing indicator either.

kodah 4y ago
You might like Ergo, which has a built-in bouncer that supports playback and channel relays out of the box: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo https://github.com/ergochat/ergo
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Thanks but I'm really happy with Quassel (and QuasselDroid on mobile) already which also has this. But I'll check out ergo of course!
wyclif 4y ago
This. There's really too much configuration overhead for new people to get started with IRC: registering a nick. Setting up your scripts. Setting up a bouncer. Etc. I wish they would concentrate on sane defaults so that more new users could easily be onboarded. Otherwise those people are just going to use Slack or Discord, which is a shame.
- hestefisk 4y ago
  The beauty of irc is exactly that it is cumbersome. You don’t need a bouncer, just use /away in irssi running in tmux.
  - GekkePrutser 4y ago
    This is true, you can totally do that. I like my Quassel bouncer because it gives me a multi-network synced experience between multiple computers and mobiles. I don't really like the way irssi does multi-server support. However I do really miss a text client for quassel. There is an irssi plugin for it, but unfortunately it's unmaintained, and it was never that great.
  - wyclif 4y ago
    Will using `/away` on irssi in tmux prevent join/quit cycling when the laptop goes to sleep? I got banned from a popular channel recently for that. I had irssi open and I myself fell asleep without quitting.

kodah 4y ago

You might like Ergo, which has a built-in bouncer that supports playback and channel relays out of the box: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo https://github.com/ergochat/ergo

GekkePrutser 4y ago
Thanks but I'm really happy with Quassel (and QuasselDroid on mobile) already which also has this. But I'll check out ergo of course!

wyclif 4y ago

This. There's really too much configuration overhead for new people to get started with IRC: registering a nick. Setting up your scripts. Setting up a bouncer. Etc. I wish they would concentrate on sane defaults so that more new users could easily be onboarded. Otherwise those people are just going to use Slack or Discord, which is a shame.

hestefisk 4y ago
The beauty of irc is exactly that it is cumbersome. You don’t need a bouncer, just use /away in irssi running in tmux.
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  This is true, you can totally do that. I like my Quassel bouncer because it gives me a multi-network synced experience between multiple computers and mobiles. I don't really like the way irssi does multi-server support. However I do really miss a text client for quassel. There is an irssi plugin for it, but unfortunately it's unmaintained, and it was never that great.
- wyclif 4y ago
  Will using `/away` on irssi in tmux prevent join/quit cycling when the laptop goes to sleep? I got banned from a popular channel recently for that. I had irssi open and I myself fell asleep without quitting.