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What IRC client is everyone using?

July 15, 2006 8:04 PM from

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Just wondering what IRC client people are using here. I'm looking for a good, and free one.

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Reply #1 July 15, 2006 8:15 PM from

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Mac - ircle, not free, but the best Mac one I've seen. Been using it for many years now PC - mIRC, xchat. mIRC is technically shareware, but you can use it for "free" forever. xchat is an open source chat client I'm using at work right now, I like it.

Reply #2 July 15, 2006 8:49 PM from

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Icechat is another good one, and it is freeware.

Galactic Civilizations III

Reply #3 July 15, 2006 8:57 PM from

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I'm using Conversation for my Mac, it's great. I was just looking for one for the PC.

Reply #4 July 15, 2006 9:00 PM from

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Trillian

Reply #5 July 15, 2006 9:12 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

GAIM

Reply #6 July 15, 2006 9:14 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

Oops, I misread the question (distracted), GAIM is my IM client, I use BitchX for IRC.

Reply #7 July 15, 2006 9:16 PM from

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Ice Chat

Reply #8 July 15, 2006 10:07 PM from

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Admins/Ops need the BEST tools...so I use SDC....

Reply #9 July 15, 2006 11:18 PM from

JoeUser Forums Top

Opera version 9 has IRC built into an already good web browser.

Reply #10 July 16, 2006 1:35 PM from

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Chatzilla, a Firefox extension, works great for me, and is stylable through CSS.

Reply #11 July 16, 2006 2:19 PM from

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Zoomba [Stardock]

Zoomba is a Stardockian? Did I miss something? Cool!

SDC . . . Stardock/Wincustomize is the only place I IRC.

Reply #12 July 16, 2006 2:53 PM from

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I use Trillian because I like having IRC and my IMs in one program.

Reply #13 July 16, 2006 3:31 PM from

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I really like HydraIRC. Free, great, it is my client of choice.

Reply #14 July 16, 2006 4:44 PM from

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I need a DX IRC client that uses port 80 traffic instead of 6667. {Stupid corporate blocks!)

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Reply #15 July 16, 2006 7:01 PM from

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I need a DX IRC client that uses port 80 traffic instead of 6667. {Stupid corporate blocks!)

I could use that too. My school blocks 6667, and I don't want to lose my IRC capabilities for 8 months.

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