Finally, I have been waiting for a long long time for someone to fix some problems I've had with Shout.
Does this support automatic reconnect when dropped?
Edit:
> This pre-release adds a very, very long-awaited feature: auto-reconnection! It also extends our support of ident with oidentd, shows timestamps on small screens and fix bugs around notifications and sticky scroll.
I kinda understand why somebody would want a web client.
But hosting your own seems to defeat the purpose. From what I've seen, web clients aren't nearly as good, and installing and running a full blown server app is a lot more work than installing and launching a standalone client.
Then again, I recently switched to ERC, so guess I'm really in no position to judge.
I can use the same client from my desktop, laptop, random tablets, phones, friend's game console, pretty much any device which has Internet access - and not have to learn three or four different interfaces and potentially miss out on chat logs.
Also, running a server app isn't actually very hard if you're used to it. (And hopefully will be even easier in the future, once Sandstorm figures out their Powerbox.)
It's basically a self-hosted IRCCloud.
You're always connected, so no need for znc or another bouncer, and you can easily access it on your phone or another computer.
Personally, I prefer to use irssi over mosh but other people (often your friends, colleagues) are more comfortable with a webUI. It's easier to get going since you set everything up for them and they only need a browser.
I think Quassel IRC is a better fit for most purposes. You run the daemon (core) on a server and you can connect using a desktop-app, iOS-app, Android-app etc.
I cannot see how any of the current web-only IRC-clients can provide this user experience.
Just switched from Colloquy. I recommend using Nativefier[1] to turn it into a "native" app, so you don't have to hunt through all your browser tabs for it.
If you use chrome/chromium you can always drag a bookmark into the apps at chrome://apps, right click and tick the "open as window" option. That will turn it into a pretty good standalone app.
Well... this is an IRC client. Apples and oranges; both chat clients, but different protocols, as i understand it. There's interoperability, but I don't believe Matrix is a rote IRC client, unlike The Lounge.
The Lounge seems like it'd be better compared to a project like Glowing Bear.
Does this support automatic reconnect when dropped?
Edit: > This pre-release adds a very, very long-awaited feature: auto-reconnection! It also extends our support of ident with oidentd, shows timestamps on small screens and fix bugs around notifications and sticky scroll.
Yes it does!