HydraIRC
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| HydraIRC | |
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 HydraIRC IRC client |
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| Developer: | Dominic Clifton |
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| Latest release: | 0.3.152 / April 14, 2006 |
| OS: | Microsoft Windows |
| Use: | IRC client |
| License: | Proprietary |
| Website: | www.HydraIRC.com |
HydraIRC is an Internet Relay Chat client for Windows, created in June 2002 and developed by Dominic Clifton.
The latest version is 0.3.152 which is expermental and was released on April 14th 2006. The last stable version is 0.3.151, and was released on November 19th, 2005.
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[edit] History
Stemming from discontent with other client offerings at the time, Dominic originally coded HydraIRC as an IRC client for personal use. It is loosely based on the design of Bersirc. Due to the how quickly it matured into a usable client, Dominic soon released it to the public. Since then, interest has grown in the client due to its quirky quit messages and grass-roots promotion.
[edit] Development
HydraIRC is coded in C++ and uses the Windows Template Library. Patches are accepted and approved only by Dominic.
The client is released under a non-OSI "limited-use source" license, which makes the source code available, but forbids redistribution and relinquishes code ownership of contributors.
Development slowed in early 2005 due to the author's other commitments.
[edit] Current Features
- DCC chat and file transfers
- Supports multiple server connections
- Dockable floating tabbed windows
- Autohiding windows
- DLL plugins
- Channel monitoring
- Message logs
- Event viewer
- Themes
- Color schemes
- Buddy groups
- Audible and visual notifications
- Regular expression highlighting
- Favorites
[edit] Future plans
Dominic released tentative plans for version 0.4 to developers in December 2004.
[edit] Criticism
- A self-promotional quit message is used by default when the user disconnects from a server, and can only be overridden manually upon quit.[citation needed]
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(Quit: HydraIRC -> http://www.hydrairc.com <- 100,000+ downloads can't be wrong)
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- Very slow development.[citation needed]
