"Benjamin R. Haskell" <suckl...@benizi.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote:
>
> > ??ann m??n  4.j??l 2011 15:14, skrifa??i Connor Lane Smith:
> >> Interesting, those on IRC were very 'for' this idea. Different 
> >> demographics? Oh you silly ML people!
> >> 
> > So people who use mice prefer laggy ML communications over IM?
>
> I hate mice, but I also can't stand the constant interruptions model of 
> IRC.  Email without notification-style popups lets you deal with (or 
> ignore) stuff at your own pace instead of letting others dictate control 
> of your attention.  (i.e. I prefer "laggy")
>
> That said, what do people here use for IRC and how do you deal with it 
> in dwm?  Without a systray, I don't understand where one gets the spare 
> screen real estate to dedicate to IRC.  And w/o dedicated space for it, 
> I end up forgetting it's there (to the annoyance of people who want 
> responses).
>
> -- 
> Best,
> Ben

Um, why is a systray needed for IRC?

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