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I want to know, because I used to use mIRC, but I'm thinking of changing.

I use Pidgin and I like it, because of being able of having only one program for msn and irc.

irssi. It's wonderful. Even running in Cygwin it's light on memory use, and on unices it can't be beat. The only thing that could be improved is, as one website points out, "not depending on fucking glib".

In the end, that's really minor.

I use Xchat Aqua now, and it's great. I've used Chatzilla, Colloquy , and Mibbit as well. Mibbit is god-awful. Avoid it at all costs. Colloquy has flaws, but it's pretty and functional. It's basically well-built, but it has some irritating details. Chatzilla is good for a new-comer to IRC. There's nothing much wrong with, save for lack of features.

http://pjirc.viper007bond.com/

I find browser-based irc clients more convenient.

scythe33 wrote:In the end, that's really minor.

Yeah, I stuck to the main ones, just to keep the numbers even.

I use Opera's integrated IRC client that works pretty well for me.

Conversation :(

XChat Silverex is the way to go. ^_^

mIRC.
Stuck with the classics.

I use mIRC because I have used it for a long time. I know how it works exactly, and I like the scripts functionality that not all other clients support.

kkstrong wrote:I use mIRC because I have used it for a long time. I know how it works exactly, and I like the scripts functionality that not all other clients support.

Agreed.

I use Chatzilla its best for me :)

XChat! mIRC anukseen!

Is Xchat Xfire?

scythe33 wrote:irssi. It's wonderful. Even running in Cygwin it's light on memory use, and on unices it can't be beat. The only thing that could be improved is, as one website points out, "not depending on fucking glib".

In the end, that's really minor.

Same.

Mibbit. It keeps disconnecting me and it's very primitive. It fails.

kkstrong wrote:and I like the scripts functionality that not all other clients support.

Good point, but it's usually better to use a real programming language like Python or PHP to make an IRC bot (due to mIRC's lack of versatility, and the fact that you have to go extra lengths to have it run under its own nickname).

I have never made one with its own name, nor a bot. I'm talkin' scrictly scripts.

I said other, because I use Songbird to connect to IRC. But in reality, it's just a chatzilla plug-in. My bad.

EdoI wrote:I use Opera's integrated IRC client that works pretty well for me.

Same. (Though I've only been on IRC a few times)

I'm stilla Chatzilla man.

I've always found XChat to be the most intuitive interface. It's highly configurable and supports many different types of script and plugins. I think the main reason I use it instead of mIRC is that I can minimize XChat to my system tray... also, it's prettier.

rennaT wrote:I've always found XChat to be the most intuitive interface. It's highly configurable and supports many different types of script and plugins. I think the main reason I use it instead of mIRC is that I can minimize XChat to my system tray... also, it's prettier.

Isn't XChat un-free for Windows?

I'm thinkin' pickin' Pidgin. But I still haven't really thought about which one I'd use simply as a separate program. Perhaps I would if I had planned for IRCbots yea.