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If you were building a website, would you use HTML, which completely sucks and is an abomination, or would you create a fantastic new system with its own browse
by axod 18y ago
If you were building a website, would you use HTML, which completely sucks and is an abomination, or would you create a fantastic new system with its own browser?
- tptacek 18y agoI would use HTML, but I really don't think HTML is an abomination. Whereas IRC clearly is, and it's not hard to replace, unlike HTML. You could probably change Mibbit to use the MibbitChat protocol and most of your users would never care.
- axod 18y agoWhy do you assume that's not my longer term plan? I already layer things ontop of IRC such as typing notify, recent chat on channel join etc... IRC is a simple, solid chat protocol. It's about as ugly and broken as HTML IMHO. You don't get users by forcing them to use some swanky new protocol/system off the bat. That's a recipe for quick failure.