Good IRC client

[Jared Quinn]

I'm a big fan of irssi...   It is text based, but highly customisable and
extensible.

Jared
On May 20, 2012 9:59 AM, "Jared Norris" <jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20 May 2012 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter <stephen at rees-carter.net> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really
> > know what IRC client I should be using.
> > I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm
> > currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither are
> > perfect in their own ways.
> >
> > So, any suggestions?
> >
> > I'm after something that integrates nicely with Unity so I can have
> > alerts in the messaging menu etc :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ~Stephen
> >
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> In my experience it depends on what you're used to. For most people
> who prefer GUI based IRC, XChat is generally held in the highest
> regard. For text based (console) then irssi is the general popular
> choice. Both have their pros and cons. Personally I'm a big XChat fan.
> That being said I've customised it over time to be what I want it to
> be (fonts, sizes, options, backgrounds, colours, etc) so maybe if I
> went to the default one I'd not like it much either. I also use IRC
> quite a lot and have multiple servers with multiple windows open 24/7.
>
> It would be interesting to hear what others are using though, I
> haven't played around with other clients in years.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
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