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Well, quassel for example doesn’t even have configs, everything is done in simple ways via the UI, and everyone, including the devs, uses that. It’s rocksolid, just works, and if you use the core/client split version, you can also connect a webinterface and mobile client to it.

I"m a big fan of irccloud. It's the simplest client I've found and it's free, aside from subscribing for power-user features.

These kinds of comments almost make me not want to live on this Earth any more.

Most comments really just say:

"IRC is like email. An old boring tool that just does its job. I'm not having fun with it, I'm not feeling special when using, so I need a 'modern' alternative."

I don't think what these comments are saying at all. IRC didn't do it's job well, that's why it was replaced.