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King Cobra
May 2, 2003, 07:50 PM
I'll need to know how to work IRC. What is best for OS X and for ease of use?


awulf
May 2, 2003, 09:27 PM
Well the easiest to use IRC client would be Fire
http://fire.sourceforge.net/
Thats the one I use most of the time

An advanced IRC client with many features is Ircle
http://www.ircle.com/ But it isn't hard to use in my opinion.

For a web based client, which is esay to use and set up (change some settings and drop it int your CGI-Executables folder in the webserver folder)
http://cgiirc.sourceforge.net/
shakespeare
May 2, 2003, 09:44 PM
Unless I'm very much mistaken, there's no way iChat will work with IRC.
proxyma
May 3, 2003, 03:22 AM
Of course ichat won't work with IRC !
It's not the same network, and ichat only use AIM.

For IRC help :

http://mentat.ath.cx/macusers/index.html

The most powerfull IRC client :

http://ircle.com/download.shtml
mmmdreg
May 3, 2003, 03:52 AM
hmm...I liked bitchX...you can get it from the fink package manager...you might want to know how to use that kinda stuff first though...bitchx.org for more info.
peterjhill
May 3, 2003, 07:29 AM
Fire is too buggy for me, I like snak, look for it on version tracker.
melchior
May 3, 2003, 07:59 AM
in OS X i always used bitchx, but then i found X-Chat Aqua. it's a port of the unix app and it brings with it a great deal of ease of use and functionality.

really, it's good! http://xchataqua.sourceforge.net/
TonicAngel
May 19, 2003, 09:34 PM
I just started using a irc program called iRC from version tracker. It seems to be the best one that I've found. I love mIRC for windows, and this seemed to be a good alternative. If only I could find some more plugins for it and I'd be set :)

I absolutely ADORE my new 17" imac :D :D
melchior
May 20, 2003, 09:36 PM
why does this thread keep getting resurrected, kind weird.

anyway, the only good thing about mirc, and it's a pretty big thing is it's total scriptability. scripts make mIrc a really powerful piece of software. amazing really. but by itself, it was really just a hunk of junk.

i checked out iRC and it was not particulrly great. give X-Chat aqua a try, you might like it.