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> f you want to start using IRC as a newb today you first have to pay obeisance and perform the ritual stumbling through Nah, web-based clients like The Lounge
by Gormo 3y ago
> f you want to start using IRC as a newb today you first have to pay obeisance and perform the ritual stumbling through
Nah, web-based clients like The Lounge (https://thelounge.chat/ https://thelounge.chat/) or Convos (https://convos.chat/ https://convos.chat/) provide a very similar user experience to Discord or Slack.
- lmm 3y agoThey try, but they still end up clunkier. E.g. you're never going to be able to put pictures in a message in a nice way, because even if your client supports it, other people on IRC don't.
- Gormo 3y agoIRC v3 supports feature extension standardization via message tagging, so these features aren't client-specific. Anyone who --wants to see pictures in their feeds will be able to do so by using a client that supports the feature, without a single proprietary client being forced onto everyone. That's a win-win.