IRC Clients?

I got extremely bored of clicking continue on mIRC (+nnscript) and any cracks or serials i would try would not work.

After i realized that my preferred linux client XChat was also on a trial, i started to search for something new.

I came across Pirch98, obviously released in 1998, i had not come across this before mainly because mIRC had long become the favorite and still remains to be the favorite.

I was not going to embark on the bumpy road of Limechat like superstar allstar meez, so gave it a go, happy with it so far apart from the fact that i can't control + a to highlight my message.

Have you used any unusual or different IRC clients?

Also for all the facebook users, i got in touch with a facebook developer to see if it would be possible for Facebook Chat to run as a IRC server for all those nerds out there that use IRC for Quakenet and MSN.

Happy new years xx

E: After some extensive use of and trial and error i realise that i cannot happily support my MSN and Quakenet at all. Not enough tabs, looking for another alternative.
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happy new year scarzy
You too man, tallinn fun?
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Score, MSN soon?
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nah cba

back to tartu soon
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Happy New year

Buy an mirc license ...
Dont want to use pidgin. Still concern it as bloatware.

Went for Xircon with numerous scripts, beautiful client based on Pirch
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Just pick your favourite from wiki. But really I was disappointed with the xchat policy and also need a new win32 client...
I've only ever used mIRC (+nnscript) so any clients I mention have not been tested by me.

IceChat: http://www.icechat.net/site/
KVIRC: http://www.kvirc.net/
ChatZilla: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 (If you're a FF user)
LeafChat: http://www.leafdigital.com/software/leafchat/
Was going through the list on wiki, and after removing proprietary and 1-system-only clients nothing much has left. Things like LeafChat look very pretty and nice but I want a chat client not a lag software (maybe you have another opinion on Java based apps :)).

Ive just installed kvirc and it looks very promising. Retarded background image can be removed and everything is customizable, so I think Ill stick to that.

Good luck and let me know if you find something better :)
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This doesnt look like a very major issue but still you've got a point. Probably the unstable build fixes it.
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well this is just a site with public exploits.

i just came over smuxi.. its the only client with x64 support and seems rly lightweight. too bad there arent any real themes :/

what have u tested already and what were your opinions?
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I dont hang on irc for hours so tested only few clients. mIRC has a big + for its lightweightness, my favourite one was xchat, but its no longer freeware on windows. Thats actually what Im looking for - multi os + no Java + lightweight and nice, do you have any ideas what can be worth testing? Ill try the smuxi in the meantime.
Thanks
EDIT: uhh smuxi uses .NET...
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nettalk, irssi?

havent used one of them yet
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Depends on your preferences and the os you're using. Irssi is console based, nettalk - shareware? or just crack the mirc :)
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true about irssi.. so sucks :P

and nettalk is free

guess i will stick to mirc
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1. irssi
2. Xchat
3. mIRC
ever used weechat?

a rebuilding/enhancement of irssi. stuff like windowlists/nicklists are no longer cheap hacks and actually function
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Nope haven't tried weechat and probably won't since I have my shell from the university and they don't allow installing anything by yourself.
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Xchat & Nettalk? Both free and feature rich IRC clients ... Anyway, using Pidgin for a while now, since it supports most of protocols (like twitter, IRC, FB) and no need to run different programs - all in one window, so to say.
Happy new year honey <3

HON LATER?
irssi xchat mirc
cracks work perfect for mirc nab
there are free builds of xchat for windows, eg silverex
windows xchat isn't free afaik?

linux is a different story
Use the silverex version of xchat. It has no trial :)
I guess you're right its the best solution :)
xchat ftw
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