Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:24:02 +0100 From: Paul Waring <pwaring@gmail.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which shell irc client do you like ? Message-ID: <8953a1db05032802242217f93@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42472F8F.9080403@chuckr.org> References: <ef60af09050326165652fd3ff4@mail.gmail.com> <8953a1db05032704457baca3cf@mail.gmail.com> <slrnd4dnv4.1mm.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> <ef60af0905032709194c1fe94a@mail.gmail.com> <slrnd4ds77.f7h.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> <ef60af0905032709504e0fd3@mail.gmail.com> <slrnd4du2m.gal.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> <ef60af090503271234744dbe7f@mail.gmail.com> <slrnd4e6tt.lmh.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> <42472F8F.9080403@chuckr.org>
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:11:27 +0000, Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrote: > Just curious if you folks have tried the mozilla application, available > only from mozilla (not firefox) called chatzilla? I have tried nearly > all of the other IRC clients, it's not a minimal one, but it's very very > nice. I've tried it, and the last time I did it crashed repeatedly and brought firefox down with it. Plus I had to set it up on every machine I connected from and tell it which channels to join, whereas with irssi I can leave it running 24/7 and so never miss any messages or have to mess about rejoining a load of different channels/networks. Seeing as I'm typing in commands like /join and /msg anyway, I don't see much point in an IRC client with a GUI - where's the extra functionality? Paul -- Rogue Tory www.roguetory.org.uk
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