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Mind if I ask what server you use? I currently use ngircd when I do use a server, just find it easier, I dont have any services for accounts setup is the only downside for me but usually they seem to be a pain (never is it just an apt install) and I did have a bouncer setup ages back, I wish more people were IRC friendly.

IRCv3 really needs to hurry up, we need at least simpler account registration and all that as part of the client if possible, it could go a long way.

Another thing I wish would happen is for a WebSockets compatible spec for IRC so you can just use it in-browser without a "bridge" and it could be easier for most newcomers to just spin that up and connect.

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We're actually putting together a Websocket spec at the moment for IRCv3. There has been a few experiments and an implementation that has been getting used more frequently has proven to be helpful here.

https://github.com/kiwiirc/webircgateway

This is awesome, I'm really hoping this spec becomes adopted by all major IRCd's

We're using inspircd, mostly because it's quite orthogonal and follows the RFC's the closest. Their project is actually part of the IRCv3 working group. So the alpha/main branch of their repo has many IRCv3 features.

But we're using atheme for the accounts backend- something I actually think could be improved upon tremendously actually

> Another thing I wish would happen is for a WebSockets compatible spec for IRC so you can just use it in-browser without a "bridge" and it could be easier for most newcomers to just spin that up and connect.

I know some people who could work on this as an IRC module you just load; if they had time. It's something I would also like as it would enable a new generation of electron/web applications for IRC. And, hey.. it works for slack :)

> I know some people who could work on this as an IRC module you just load; if they had time. It's something I would also like as it would enable a new generation of electron/web applications for IRC. And, hey.. it works for slack :)

Totally agree, but just as important it works REALLY well for Discord! They're unlike Slack in that you don't even need an account to start seeing a server (or used to be?) you just join and oh look, you can post, want an account? You can register! Oh look you're hooked, bam! Then the rest is things a clean UI could handle like displaying images in the client and videos (I know some IRC clients already display images).

I do yearn for the ultimate IRC UI driven client, it's almost Quassel for me.

> Totally agree, but just as important it works REALLY well for Discord! They're unlike Slack in that...

But they're just like slack in that they have a non free server code you can't run yourself, and a non free client binary you can't modify to work around the myriad UI frustrations, and use a non free protocol underneath that relies on free software people to write the integrations back into published, free, open specification protocols.

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