I used to spend a lot of time on IRC back in the day. The only thing stopping me from using now, is I can’t find a decent IRC client for iPad. The big problem was around multitasking. I would say switch over to my mail app to read a message that just came in, and when I would switch back to the IRC app I would find myself disconnected from the server.
I do remember reading about a web based IRC client that would solve that problem. I was going to set it up in my home server, then got busy and forgot its name.
I’ve got zero experience with the apple stuff, but I do have experience with home server so maybe there is something here you can use. Essentially, the device in my hands is never the one that’s running IRC.
On my home server, I have a tmux session where my IRC client lives and runs 24/7. Then from whatever device I am on, from anywhere, I ssh into my homeserver and connect to the tmux session.
In my opinion: IRC has to be on the list. But I am not your average Joe.
Matrix.org takes IRC a step further and is based on federation.
I used to spend a lot of time on IRC back in the day. The only thing stopping me from using now, is I can’t find a decent IRC client for iPad. The big problem was around multitasking. I would say switch over to my mail app to read a message that just came in, and when I would switch back to the IRC app I would find myself disconnected from the server.
I do remember reading about a web based IRC client that would solve that problem. I was going to set it up in my home server, then got busy and forgot its name.
I’ve got zero experience with the apple stuff, but I do have experience with home server so maybe there is something here you can use. Essentially, the device in my hands is never the one that’s running IRC.
On my home server, I have a tmux session where my IRC client lives and runs 24/7. Then from whatever device I am on, from anywhere, I ssh into my homeserver and connect to the tmux session.
Long live IRC