undefined | Better HN

Skip to content

Top Best Ask Show New Jobs

0 pointswcummings9y ago0 comments

Fair enough, I'll definitely take this for a spin, all the IRC clients available on Android are terrible. If I can't make something like this work I'm going to have to bang out my own "suckless" Android IRC client...

0 comments

5 comments · 2 top-level

BoorishBears9y ago· 3 in thread

What are the pain points in the current Android IRC clients?

IRC requires a persistent connection; cell phones are not good at that since they bounce from network to network. I love IRC but there's a reason Slack is so popular.

BoorishBears9y ago

I last used IRCCloud when I was on IRC, I know a bouncer could do similar things but I much prefer the 0-config route along with the UI built around it.

I'd write a high quality IRC client for Android if there really was a market for it, but Slack feels like it's obsoleted the market (and I have trouble believing this many years into the game there are no good IRC clients on Android, but I haven't checked in a while)

wcummingsOP9y ago

I use a bouncer, thats not the problem. The problems are bad UIs, bugs, no v3 support, poor scripting support.

daurnimator9y ago

I don't mind the weechat app (connects to a running weechat instance in relay mode). + glowing-bear works too.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse