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19.10.1999

THIS IS ALPHA SOFTWARE, THEREFORE DONT BLAME ME IF IT TRASHES YOUR HARD-DISK. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO IF YOU RUN IT.

This said I dont believe it will trash your HD. I have used it since over 10 month now as my only IRC client and it is quite stable for me. I received however some reports of hard crashes. So I'd save my documents before I run it first time if I were you.
I do develop on a Pmac 7100 under System 8, a Powerbook under 7.5.5 and a G3 under 8.6 and 9.0. The more your configuration resembles mine the more stable it is. The 68K version is lagging behind (not in features, as I am developing from one source tree, but in testing ).
Do NOT expect this client to be the one kick-ass client with all the features you have always been waiting for just yet. I am developing it for about 10 month now, and even though I built upon the very good and reliable sources from O. Tietz (the creator of ircle upto 1.5.6), I have spent considerable work in bringing it to modern systems and a new IDE (the sources were from 1992).

Features:

  • Easy setup via a setup assistant
  • Integrated Version Control system to alert you if a new version is available
  • Full graphical interface with easy-to-access controls
  • Live scrolling feedback scrollbars
  • Full Appearance adoption
  • Contextual menus
  • All the usual features like DCC and multiple simultanouus connections
  • Scripting aliases
  • And its free :-)


I do ask for feedback in the following areas:

  • interface design: what do you think of it. What is good, what is bad. new ideas
  • ease of use. Is there anything confusing about it?
  • features: what would you like to see in a client . I welcome new ideas, and will gladly pick the best for immediate implementation
  • stability: if you get crashes or hangs, and you can reproduce them tell me how. please install Macsbug, when you crash type "stdlog" and restart. After that youll find on your desktop a file named stdlog. Just mail it to me, its a great help.
  • graphics: If you are good in grafics design and are willing to help, get in touch.
  • People who want to localize versions of smIRCle. Jean-Pierre Kuypers is doing the French port, I will make a German version. Others who would like to contribute send me an email please

Known bugs:

  • memory leaks. I stuffed the worst, but there could be still some left.


License & Warranty:
No warranties, express or implied, are guaranteed with the software package "smIRCle" (referred to as "The Software" from here on). Any damage caused by The Software will be bore by the user of The Software. The author (Johannes Jander) of The Software is absolved of all liabilities resulting from any damage caused by The Software, even if the author has been notified of the possibility of such damage.
By using The Software, you agree to the above terms and the license described in the accompanying file "Copying" .


I can be reached at smicle@gmx.de for ideas .
I am known as snow on IRC, mostly at #macwarez and mostly on IRCnet. If you have comments about the state of things, please let me know, I am really interested. If you want the sources, drop me a mail.

 
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