On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:59:02 -0700, Ben Discoe wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Michael Reichert <naka...@gmx.net> > wrote: > >> I find this a really worthwhile conversation to have. IRC is still > >> great for some but it’s hardly inclusive. > > > > Is http://irc.openstreetmap.org/ no web interface? > > I have tried (every year for the past ~20 years) to get IRC to work. > I never have seen it work, and I am a tech-savvy person. > > There is always _something_ that prevents IRC from working.
Not sure if I may call myself a "tech savy person" but I used and still do use IRC since about 20 years. There was never a problem. > For example, I tried that link you provided, I press "Login", and it > just spins endlessly, saying "Waiting for irc.openstreetmap.org..." > Could it be a corporate firewall issue? Or is the server down? Why is > there no timeout? Who knows, it is that user-unfriendly. > > > might lack some advertisment (and maybe an modern styling). > > It lacks the ability to let people connect. IRC is a non-starter. Or people lack some abilities? _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
