AmIRC

Famous IRC client created by Oliver Wagner and Jamie van den Berge for VaporWare. Its look and feel was copied many times and inspired the creation of XChat.

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MorphOS

amirc, simply the best irc client ever. its look and feel was copied many times and inspired the creation of xchat. ported to morphos in 2004 and many new features and improvements were added. this version was made possible with the kind permission of the vapor team. thank you guys (*all* of you!). the new 32 bit icons are courtesy of andré siegel. as of 6th july 2011 amirc is freeware, and all demo version limitations have been removed.

features:upnp port forwarding for dcc and identd.turbo and passive dcc support.advanced low level plugin api.single window iconification.lagometer shows lag from the server.individual window logging.intuitive channel window with user list and mode display.arexx port includes event trapping.ircnet and undernet extensions.oper and clone announcement.builtin identd, disables itself if needed.bind sound effects, auto deiconify or arexx to events.last nick history, tab key cycles through.url grabber saves any urls to send to your web browser.supports colored text for both input (wysiwig) and output.ctcp/dcc flood protection.timestamping of lines and inline clickable urls.

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