What's the best free IRC client for an old iPhone 6+ (iOS v12.4.2)? reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- antdude · 2019-10-24 00:12 Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TotesMessenger · 2019-10-24 00:15 I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. 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It used to be Mutter (which I still have on my phones) but they stopped updating (so no more notifications) and I don't see it in the App Store any longer. I think you'll need to pay for a decent iOS client now. I just got hold of Colloquy for £1.99 (it's cheaper than Lime Chat and appears to support notifications via ZNC). I'm surprised there aren't more clients out there - if I had time I'd consider making one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiinpa · 2019-10-24 13:36 +1 for Colloquy, it’s been the best iOS irc client for a long while. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SSJ_JARVIS · 2019-10-24 14:05 What’s IRC? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hakdragon · 2019-10-24 15:03 Internet Relay Chat - old but still widely used chat protocol. Think of it as Slack before Slack was a thing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ISpewVitriol · 2019-10-24 16:11 I use Palavar on iOS with the ZNC IRC bouncer I have setup on my VPS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- antdude · 2019-10-24 16:58 Thanks. I guess IRC isn't that popular anymore. :( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jcotton42 · 2019-10-24 22:55 It's more like AIM before AIM was a thing, it's REALLY old ---------------------------------------------------------------------- onlinelurker · 2019-10-25 14:07 I’m using TurboIRC 3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- antdude · 2019-10-25 19:13 I just tried it, but it kept crashing. Also, it doesn't seem to support SSL connections. I noticed the app hasn't been updated for four years. :( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- antdude · 2019-10-25 19:20 Uh, why are you in this subReddit? :P ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-10-25 21:18 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- onlinelurker · 2019-10-25 22:00 Really? As far as I know there are two versions of TurboIRC in the app store. I’m using TurboIRC 3 and I haven’t encountered issues with it before. It supports SSL and I even use it to download from various channels in different servers. Edit: I just tried it, still working for me. However, if I remember, it needs to be on-screen constantly if you’re initiating transfers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- antdude · 2019-10-25 22:16 I used https://apps.apple.com/us/app/turboirc/id583000012 v2.611. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- onlinelurker · 2019-10-25 22:17 Try this: https://apps.apple.com/ph/app/turboirc-3/id978108367 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- antdude · 2019-10-25 23:38 Oh wait. This one crashes, but the non-3 was fine. Still no SSL support and recent updates. https://www.turboirc.com/t7/ is uhh broken? Oh well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- onlinelurker · 2019-10-26 01:29 Yep, IRC in iOS is still highly limited especially for free apps. I just found TurboIRC here, I think the developer used to be a redditor. Hadn’t even realized it’s been years since it had been updated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-10-30 05:49 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-10-30 05:49 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-11-01 03:10 Igloo dev here. Palaver is a decent client but it bothered me how iOS 6 like it looked and how slow the developer was to fix bugs so I made igloo. It really just depends on your preference. If you want something feature packed that's always getting new features igloo is for you, otherwise if you prefer something stable and minimal palaver is the better option. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-11-02 14:28 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-11-02 14:54 I try, but with some people I just can't help myself. A lot of those people were in the igloo help channel being stupid before leaving the review. Refusing to type commands for me to know what device/version they're on etc and demanding fixes to what was likely user error. You can't fix stupid. When there are real bugs I fix them within the hour usually. Anyway, glad you enjoy it, but also understand that I get a lot of hate from the irc community because of lies started by freenode staff that they couldn't prove. I'm honestly just sick of irc and all the people involved with it. Half of those reviews are likely freenode staff and people from the irc dev community. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-11-02 14:57 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-11-02 15:04 Well, long story short, there was a guy who sent dick pics to a friend of mine on discord, and she sent them to me to laugh at. The guy messaged me about it and literally gave me permission to share them to a channel because he claimed it wasn't him in the pic, so I did. Freenode staff jumped to the conclusion that he was an igloo user and uploaded the pics privately to my image host and klined me assuming I invaded his privacy. Since then the guy has told multiple members of freenode staff that he doesn't have an iPhone, never used igloo, and never used my site. Yet freenode stands behind their false ban. Freenode even went as far as automatic kills on connect if your ctcp version reply contains the word "igloo" lol. In response to that whole situation I was harassed by members of ircv3 over these lies and insulted some of the mentally unstable ones which got the whole irc dev community to hate me. So basically it's all over me being an asshole while defending myself over false accusations lol. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-11-02 17:35 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-11-02 17:47 I may have said something. I don't remember. And yeah, the downvotes are from the inspircd dev that is trans and butthurt about me calling them a tranny. He's a loser. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-11-02 17:49 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-11-02 17:57 Well, it was in response to him calling me an idiot and telling someone not to use my software when I was going out of my way to add a feature for a blind user. I'm always nice, unless someone is a dick first. The whole thing though is as I've said above, him and all the others are basically telling people not to use my shit and badmouthing me because of a freenode staff lie. You can't poke a bear 100 times and get mad when it bites your face off. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-11-02 18:00 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-11-03 01:11 I mean, that was kinda the goal at the time :P ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-11-03 01:12 [deleted]