{"id":11157,"date":"2008-04-17T18:40:57","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T15:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11157"},"modified":"2008-04-17T18:40:57","modified_gmt":"2008-04-17T15:40:57","slug":"mibbit-irc-the-easy-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/17\/mibbit-irc-the-easy-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Mibbit – IRC the easy way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IRC<\/a> is one of the best things that happened in the world of online communications ever.\u00a0 But, it’s a pity that most non-technical users have no idea of its existence.\u00a0 Getting on IRC usually required downloading and installing a client software, and then going through a list of networks, picking a server, a nickname, and finding a channel to connect to.\u00a0 While not exactly rocket science, it was more than enough to seriously decrease the user base.<\/p>\n

Via this Web Worker Daily post<\/a> I learned about a great tool – Mibbit<\/a>.\u00a0 It is a web-based interface to IRC.\u00a0 It is straight forward, easy to use, and doesn’t require one to know much about IRC.\u00a0 No installation or registration is needed – you can jump straight into it.<\/p>\n

In fact, even many technical people who use IRC will find Mibbit useful.\u00a0 It adds some useful pieces of functionality which many traditional IRC clients miss (unless, of course they support plugins).\u00a0 Two things that I was glad to see were Paste Bin support, which is a quick way to send around pieces of text, often with syntax highlight, and editing capabilities; and integrated translations.\u00a0 You can pick the language you want your messages to be translated to, as well as the language you want other people’s messages to be translated to.\u00a0 Of course, the translations are done automatically, so they aren’t of the best quality, but at least you’ll get a slight idea of what those other people are talking about. In case you don’t speak a common language, that is.<\/p>\n

I also liked the interface of Mibbit.\u00a0 It is clean, simple, and fast.\u00a0 You can participate in multiple discussions, which will appear as tabs, which you can switch between.\u00a0 Updates are fast and the whole thing feels very much like a desktop application.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Web Worker Daily for bringing attention to this service, and, of course, to Mibbit developers for making a useful tool.<\/p>\n

P.S.: If you are trying to get a hold of me on IRC, my contact page<\/a> has all the information that you need.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

IRC is one of the best things that happened in the world of online communications ever.\u00a0 But, it’s a pity that most non-technical users have no idea of its existence.\u00a0 Getting on IRC usually required downloading and installing a client software, and then going through a list of networks, picking a server, a nickname, and … Continue reading Mibbit – IRC the easy way<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[90,1466,2295,1212,19],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-communications","tag-conferences","tag-instant-messaging","tag-irc","tag-tools"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22007,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/18\/komanda-irc-for-people-who-write-code\/","url_meta":{"origin":11157,"position":0},"title":"komanda – IRC for people who write code","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 18, 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"komanda - IRC for people who write code","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"komanda-ss-2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/komanda-ss-2-500x320.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11023,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/14\/cyprus-irc-channel-on-undernet\/","url_meta":{"origin":11157,"position":1},"title":"#cyprus IRC channel on UnderNet","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Somehow I ended up connecting to the Undernet IRC network today and joining #cyprus channel.\u00c2\u00a0 Last time I did it was a good 10 years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe even more.\u00c2\u00a0 Back then IRC was a huge thing in Cyprus and all Internet clubs were full of kids chatting for hours.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26317,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/08\/classic-programmer-paintings\/","url_meta":{"origin":11157,"position":2},"title":"Classic Programmer Paintings","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Classic Programmer Paintings is a hilarious resource with classic paintings featured with modern captions from the programming world. 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