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500kB is the size of the web frontend. To that you'd need to add the web browser, the backend, and whatever runtime the backend needs. It's unlikely to be any l
by mgaunard 4y ago
500kB is the size of the web frontend. To that you'd need to add the web browser, the backend, and whatever runtime the backend needs. It's unlikely to be any less than 10MB.
Meanwhile I can just write a IRC client in C that's less than 100kB.
- jdthedisciple 4y agoIt's about how much gets downloaded to your client machine
- hyperhopper 4y agoAnd then you need an irc bouncer as well though. And still don't have a fraction of the features. As somebody that used irc a lot in the day, it's ridiculous to suggest that a protocol that doesn't even save chat history is being compared to the feature rich chat apps of today.
- mgaunard 4y agoSlack and its clones have fewer features than IRC, not more. They're also much more wasteful of resources, and needlessly proprietary ecosystems.
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- preseinger 4y agotrivially false. consider: inline images, emojis, rich links, rich integrations