its more than irc. as written in the article it also has great search and file sharing. what makes it for me is beeing able to read messages which have been se

its more than irc. as written in the article it also has great search and file sharing. what makes it for me is beeing able to read messages which have been sent when I was not offline (admitedly possible with a irc bouncer), and not having join and part messages the whole time.