Hexchat 2.16.0 released and help wanted reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Techman- · 2021-10-02 08:36 Dang, that is sad to hear RE: the project being undermaintained. HexChat was pretty much the first real desktop client I tried when getting into IRC so I will always respect it. I still use HexChat for testing things when I don't want to mess with my WeeChat install and want something more "raw" than IRCCloud. Thank you TingPing for giving so much to the project over these years. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ComputerTech312 · 2021-10-02 09:08 Hopefully this project will continue to thrive and remain popular as it is, as it's my first and the only IRC client i use. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- therealgadfly · 2021-10-02 22:31 I've irced since 1990 having to use ircII on unix, and have tried prob every major client since, including mirc, pirch98 etc, but he/x-chat is really the best out there. For the life of me I dont understand why anyone uses mirc instead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KindOne · 2021-10-03 03:36 What exactly is wrong with mIRC? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- therealgadfly · 2021-10-03 03:42 Its closed proprietary software with a terrible scripting language & isn't free for starters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KindOne · 2021-10-03 03:54 I would not call the scripting language terrible. The author does make a living from selling licenses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2021-10-03 10:49 I get where you're coming from, but making paid software for desktop operating systems used to be the bread and butter of the home computer revolution. In a sense, this program is still from 1995. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- therealgadfly · 2021-10-03 14:05 Actually he donates the money from mirc registations to various charities which he posts on his website, which is great. But he is not dependent on income from a program he wrote 25 years ago and merely keeps updated. I am a programmer myself and understand the need to make an income, but I wouldn't want anyone buying my program if they could find a better cheaper one elsewhere just to pay my bills. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ComputerTech312 · 2021-10-04 15:03 I agree with your point on the scripting language, Python, Perl or Lua are much better on HexChat imho. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- therealgadfly · 2021-10-06 09:22 yeah I've written code in all those langs and all are much better and have way more support and libraries that you can access. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ComputerTech312 · 2021-10-18 08:38 I agree, especially when HexChat/X-Chat supports Windows and Linux.