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Shout – A web IRC client

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Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by johnchristopher »

amethyst wrote: post #77
lorenzhs wrote: post #69

If you prefer something that doesn't force you to go all in, check out Glowing Bear. It's a WeeChat relay client that I've been contributing to. Basically, it connects to your existing WeeChat running on your server, meaning you can continue using that, or use both in parallel. Works great on mobile as well. https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear http://www.glowing-bear.org/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/d…

Or just use an IRC bouncer and connect any IRC client to it at any time, and get a lot more features than what Weechat offers. ;)

I've never been able to easily configure an IRC bouncer but I found letting weechat run on a Pi (or another server somewhere) was easier.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by codezero »

rdtsc wrote: post #51
codezero wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hipchat/Slack bring a lot more to the plate than just text chat, I think there is room for a customized IRC system to fill that gap, but it would take a lot, including native apps, notifications and tight control over granular settings, as well as centralized permissions for larger teams.

It has features but I don't think it is worth it. Inline images are annoying and I don't like that it uses non-standard protocols. I also understand that Hipchat is not open source completely, and if so I don't like that. Notifications are part of a client. Permissions for large teams are nice, that is a useful feature I would like.

Of course, nothing is one size fits all. I doubt slack or hipchat could supplant IRC, and I doubt they would try. I was addressing the parent comment - I think the same goes for IRC, a new interface for IRC doesn't negate the niche filled by Slack and Hipchat.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by Franciscouzo »

wut42 wrote: post #7
alrs wrote: post #6

Please let this put an end to the hipchat/slack madness.

I love IRC but Slack/hipChat has some features IRC can't provide. Especially, the "formatted"/"preview" (images, videos, URL preview, tables) messages. Even if the IRC client supports some of theses features, the protocol is just text, you can't add meta/structured data to a message.

You can actually add metadata to a message, the new ircv3 version lets you do this.

https://github.com/ircv3/ircv3-specifications/blob/master/sp...

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by hsx »

girvo wrote: post #76

Looks amazing! My IRC server uses a password however, and I can't see anyway if inputting that. I tried using a straight /connect command, but that doesn't appear to work either. Might have a go at a pull-request!

I had a discussion with erming about this because I use ZNC. There's actually a /raw command, so you use /raw PASS user:pass to do it, IIRC!

There's also a /quote command.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by Gigablah »

nacs wrote: post #37
vhost- wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean slots? Is it just because connections are coming from one IP and there is a limitation on their end?

Most IRC networks have a per-IP connection limit. The slots in this case are the amount of connections that can come from the demo server (20 at the moment). If you ran this software on your own server, you wouldn't run into the problem unless you tried to open 20 simultaneous connections to 1 IRC network.

Apparently there's a protocol that addresses this issue (WEBIRC): https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway/issues/117

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by mts_ »

erming wrote: post #10

Hey, guys. Thanks for all the attention! The repository is here: https://github.com/erming/shout It's open source, so if you're looking for a cool new project to work on, feel free to help out!

Wow, what a great job!

This is a really good looking web IRC client and it works so well with notification sounds, favicon updates etc.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by girvo »

hsx wrote: post #84
girvo wrote: post #76

Looks amazing! My IRC server uses a password however, and I can't see anyway if inputting that. I tried using a straight /connect command, but that doesn't appear to work either. Might have a go at a pull-request!

I had a discussion with erming about this because I use ZNC. There's actually a /raw command, so you use /raw PASS user:pass to do it, IIRC! There's also a /quote command.

Ah I was hoping that'd be the case, I tried a few commands that work in other ones, but I'll give that a try! Thanks!

Edit: wait, that's for password protected channels, right? I need to pass a password through on server connection otherwise my ircd boots you off and kills the socket :(

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by gog »

ionwake wrote: post #20
erming wrote: post #10

Hey, guys. Thanks for all the attention! The repository is here: https://github.com/erming/shout It's open source, so if you're looking for a cool new project to work on, feel free to help out!

Thanks this is awesome - I would love to integrate it with sagebump.com instead of using freenodes client. Can I ask why there is a 20 slot limit? How can one increase this?

BTW; your site does not work without www.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by accatyyc »

I really like the looks of this! Great work! Might start using it instead of/together with wee chat for the ease of use.

A suggestion - (I know I can just use my own CSS but,) there are low contrasts in the default theme. I usually have very good vision but for me it's pretty hard to distinguish the green from the white background. Maybe you could edit the default colors a bit?

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