I'm a big fan of irssi... It is text based, but highly customisable and extensible.
Jared On May 20, 2012 9:59 AM, "Jared Norris" <jrnor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20 May 2012 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter <step...@rees-carter.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really > > know what IRC client I should be using. > > I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm > > currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither are > > perfect in their own ways. > > > > So, any suggestions? > > > > I'm after something that integrates nicely with Unity so I can have > > alerts in the messaging menu etc :) > > > > Thanks, > > ~Stephen > > > > -- > > Stephen Rees-Carter ~ Valorin > > http://stephen.rees-carter.net/ > > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > In my experience it depends on what you're used to. For most people > who prefer GUI based IRC, XChat is generally held in the highest > regard. For text based (console) then irssi is the general popular > choice. Both have their pros and cons. Personally I'm a big XChat fan. > That being said I've customised it over time to be what I want it to > be (fonts, sizes, options, backgrounds, colours, etc) so maybe if I > went to the default one I'd not like it much either. I also use IRC > quite a lot and have multiple servers with multiple windows open 24/7. > > It would be interesting to hear what others are using though, I > haven't played around with other clients in years. > > -- > Regards, > > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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