What is the best IRC client?

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discostu · Post by **discostu** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 7:24 am

HaLCy0n wrote:XChat all the way. Its the easiest for me to use and does everything that I want it to.

I'm using XChat right now cause it does seem the easiest, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to navigate through an fserve with ls and cd and such, because XChat doesn't open a new window and I see no option to open a new window. Any idea how to do this? otherwise I guess I'll go back to bitchx which is kinda tough to use when you're not an irc expert.

iswm · Post by **iswm** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 7:38 am

Personally I really like mIRC, but that's a windows only client. So for Linux I'd have to say x-chat, since it's really similar to mIRC, and I'm too used to a GUI to switch to irssi which is nice for what it is also.

Locke · Post by **Locke** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 8:24 am

Chalking another one up for the irssi + screen crew

I get the best of both worlds: transparency, a console client, and I don't lose my session of X crashes/needs to be restarted.

ian! · Post by **ian!** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 9:52 am

ssh + screen + irssi = unbeatable irc client imho

Boris27 · Post by **Boris27** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 10:34 am

ian! wrote:ssh + screen + irssi = unbeatable irc client imho

true. Add another statisfied user.

Given M. Sur · Post by **Given M. Sur** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 10:53 am

xchat for me.

I tried gaim, but it's too ugly for chat. I love it for instant messaging though.

ed0n · Post by **ed0n** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 12:37 pm

another vote for irssi

sapphirecat · Post by **sapphirecat** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 4:06 pm

irssi... (I voted ages ago but apparently never commented.) I've recently fallen in love with /ignore -replies

pascalbrax · Post by **pascalbrax** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:04 pm

bitchx indeed...

irssi + screen = bitchx

(never used /detach?

)

monotux · Post by **monotux** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:10 pm

I use bath xchat and irssi, since I haven't found any balance betwen usability (xchat is a bit more userfriendly and nice to look at) and availability (since I don't have access to irc in school I have to use ssh -> screen -> irssi)

Post by **pjp** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:15 pm

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=70440

It lacks a fancy poll, but polls never have enough options anyway.

What is the best IRC client?

The best IRC client