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Bunny Mickley

@tilton I would love to see a modern version of IRC that supports modern expectations.

Things like buffering storage on the server so multi-device works, UTF-8 clean, etc.

20 June at 14:45 | Wall-to-wall | Open on furry.engineer
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Tilton Raccoon

@opsnlops Definitely. UTF-8 is no problem now at least, I use it all the time on IRC!

20 June at 15:20 | Open on fursuits.online
Bunny Mickley

@tilton Oh good! Last time I messed with it it would barf on anything that wasn't ASCII. The buffering thing is a real issue in the modern world, however.

IRC's old model of "nail up one TCP connection all of the time" falls apart in a mobile-centric world. Slack figuring that out is one of the main things that pushed us off of IRC at $job-2.

20 June at 15:50 | Open on furry.engineer
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