Subj : Re: Signature Editing
To   : fusion
From : apam
Date : Mon Mar 29 2021 02:08 am

 > it's neat enough i guess, but it's doing what irc was designed for
 > (even being intended for the bbs) and irc just does it better.

I think stackfault said he was re designing it, so hopefully if / when he
does it will address those concerns you mentioned.

I too looked at MRC and came much to the same conclusion as you (which is
why I haven't implemented it). I wrote MagiChat instead, it used per user
connections, so you didn't get private messages not intended for you,
etc, it even uses SSL. It wasn't of much interest though, as MRC is
established.

Despite it's short comings, it's what people like to use and that's
really what matters. You can have the best designed chat server in the
world, but if no one uses it it's pretty useless.

I would probably wait a bit and see if stackfault actually does re-design
it, and if he does, then perhaps implement it. Writing a good chat door
isn't trivial and it would seem like wasted effort if it was only
relevant for a short while.

My other concern is the closed nature of the server - I understand the
resoning, but again, writing the door isn't trivial and if stackfault
disappeared, and the server went with him, it would be a wasted effort.

Andrew


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