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Will its model work well with an open source/community project – where you want to allow all walk-up participants, but need some moderator powers? For example, can you edit the searchable logs to remove spam?
Neat. Easy hosted custom plugins/bots would be awesome. You can run your own IRC bot, of course, but then you have to worry about finding a server to run it on, keep it running, etc.
Agreed. We need to figure out a good way to do better bot integration! (suggestions welcome)
Is there any way to integrate a file-uploading facility (drag'n'drop in the web client, ideally, like Campfire) to the IRC concept, or is that an impedance mismatch?
I'd be interested to know how this stacks up against HipChat. I'm not sure what I'm missing out on, but it would be good to hear if there is something.
The major advantage I see with this over HipChat is that you can use existing IRC client software to connect. Personally, I'd much prefer Irssi in a terminal to an Adobe AIR product.
Neat. Easy hosted custom plugins/bots would be awesome. You can run your own IRC bot, of course, but then you have to worry about finding a server to run it on, keep it running, etc.
Agreed. We need to figure out a good way to do better bot integration! (suggestions welcome)
Eventually you could add a way to define custom plugins that are properly sandboxed.
Is it going to remain free? Would consider moving our internal irc server here but am concerned that in a few months it will become pay only?
No, it won't remain free forever. Soon we'll having pricing plans that are comparable to existing team chat products.
I've been working on an open source version of what you're purporting to provide as a service.
Nice work, Leah! Love the fact that it's just IRC at heart. Is there any way to integrate a file-uploading facility (drag'n'drop in the web client, ideally, like Campfire) to the IRC concept, or is that an impedance mismatch?
Sure, IRC's protocol is simpler, but it's also not designed to support authentication or security natively, or to be federated in a "cross-network" way like XMPP is. It seems that XMPP is more modern, more flexible, and supports real user authentication natively - a win in every respect.
Plus most of the clients people these days use for IRC (Adium, irssi, Pidgin, XChat) support Jabber anyway.