While long-term chat histories aren't maybe that useful, the problem with IRC is that if your connection dies, you miss all the messages until the connection re

While long-term chat histories aren't maybe that useful, the problem with IRC is that if your connection dies, you miss all the messages until the connection resumes. That is a big deal on mobile. Bouncers are an option, but the need to use that sort of extra services will make non-technical users turn away.