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- From: Patrick Parker <pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu>
- Subject: Re: macintosh irc client needed
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- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:05:42 GMT
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- In article <kmh1l1j@rpi.edu> catesc@vccsouth14.its.rpi.edu (Chris Cates)
- writes:
- >Rodney G. Ramos writes:
- >>I was wondering if there are macintosh irc clients available. Right now,
- >>the only one I've come across is ircle 1.0.
- >>
- >>Does anyone know of any others?
- >
- >Well, let me tell ya, Rodney. The best IRC client for the mac is HOMER. It's
- >written by some guy at Pitt and has a fantastic mac-like interface. Buttons
- >for opping and everything! Yeah, sure, you'll get a crash here and there, but
- >that's only because it's still in its developmental stages. I run it on my
- >IIci with absolutely no problem. I hear that the only problem arises with
- >the littler macs. Looks like the programmer has quite a bit of work ahead of
- >him.
-
- Yeah.. that's the program I use too. I'm running a IIfx and it's working
- rather smoothly. For what is supposed to be a beta, I've had only a few
- problems.
-
- >P.S. I heard that the programmer is also really lazy and needs more
- > encouragement to finish the bug fixes and other features. So, if
- > ya get it, use it, and like it, email him and tell him to get
- > off his lazy butt so we'll see v1.0 soon!
-
- Yeah.. I talked to the programmer too Chris, he does seem to be lazy.
- Everytime I try to tell him something about adding some new option or button,
- he usually ignores me. From what some of his friends tell me, he spends most
- of his time sleeping and the rest of the time spending quality time with his
- dog. Sounds to me like some sort of chemical imbalance, but who cares, it's a
- hell of a IRC client program for the Mac.
-
- Patrick Parker
- pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu
-