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freenode and most of the runner up biggest networks are on board with IRCv3. Also, the specs are backwards compatible by design.

IRCv3 is a working group consisting of many different IRC developers and operators http://ircv3.net/participation.html that produces specifications by consensus, and there is a lon…

The issue of the missing chat history is actually a rare bug we have at the moment combined with bad timing. When we're under heavy load (e.g. Freenode is netsplitting) our cache c…

There is an effort[1] to unify these changes alongside a revised IRC spec that reflects real world implementations and improves upon the existing RFCs, but it's a longer term plan …

Beyond things like ACTION, CTCP is not widely or consistently supported. This is partly because no one is advancing the specification, and partly because it isn't well specified in…

As a web app, it's actually a lot easier to make modifications than desktop software, without needing an unwieldy encyclopaedia of settings checkboxes. For things that are common r…

Hi, I wrote the blog post and run IRCCloud. To clarify, the changes detailed here are to do with IRC as a low level protocol. While these enhancements do have user benefit, many of…

Any reason you rejected IRCCloud? (disclosure: my company). We host private servers for teams and do the majority of what you're asking for.

IRCCloud.com (London/Sheffield, UK) - https://www.irccloud.com/jobs * Front end engineering (on site or remote) * Design (on site) --------- IRCCloud is an IRC client and bouncer w…