1. Many people like the minimalism of IRC. 2. Being a standard open protocol makes IRC better than any alternative anyway. Can you use Hipchat on a graphing ca

1. Many people like the minimalism of IRC. 2. Being a standard open protocol makes IRC better than any alternative anyway. Can you use Hipchat on a graphing calculator? You can use IRC on one. Though I love IRC, I do wish it has some features present in things like Hipchat.