IRC... simplified?

[null]

CGI:IRC.

Fairly simple idea, here. A javascript based applet that runs IRC through your browser -- useful for those of you out there that hate using IRC clients in their various incarnations, or only occasionally find use for them.

Now, I'm bringing this up because I think it might be worth looking into as an addition to the website if you have the bandwidth, though I'm not sure how much it would require. If you were to install it, you would be able to configure it so that a person would simply type in a name, hit enter, and be throttled into the IRC channel you specify. Of course, it's just an idea.

And now, to explain why this wasn't put in the Website forum...

http://irc.net/

It's free to use, and you can specify your name, server, channel, and a few other options that might interest you.

Just thought I'd bring it up, seen as I'm the sort that shuns IRC for the most part, but may want to pop in from time to time, when given the right excuse. Say, to show support, or find an admin when necessary.

Whelp... there it is.

[ORION]

Sounds really good for things like watching scrim score-bots, but are you suggesting that it displays in the browser window, but runs on the server side of things? that 'cause to me that seems like it could be a security, as well as bandwidth issue, but this is Mano's call :P

[null]

http://cgiirc.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGI:IRC should answer most questions, hopefully. Honestly, I don't know much about the applet, and simply thought it would be something worth sharing.

[manofphat]

I agree that it would be really nice to have a button that people can click that would open up an IRC connection in a new window for chatting whilst on the forum. The one you linked to seemed pretty nice but I'm going to look to see if someone has already ported one into our website system.

On my list of to-do's. Thanks for the idea!

[Crayola]

dont we already have it?

server connect > irc #nr


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[null]

dont we already have it?

server connect > irc #nr


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No, actually. It's just an application specific link. It would launch any IRC client that you happen to have -- assuming it's new enough to recognize and make use of such a link -- and then go to the address specified. Same idea as the e-donkey/mule ed2k:// links you may've seen floating around.

[Crayola]

oh ok

[Xzinum]

dont we already have it?

server connect > irc #n00bhelp



fix0rz

someone had to.