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The best and only IRC client you should have on your mind.

Sure there are other IRC clients like VIRC, or dIRC, or a host of others, but it no one uses them. I think if you were to do a market-share analysis of IRC clients it would be like 98% mIRC and 2% for all other clients. It is just that popular.

It a very fast program, it has SO many features, besides the fact that writing script plugins is pretty easy so there are SO many plugins available for it. Its quite easy to use. Some simple setup with your nickname then you can start using it...for somoene just going to chat any network is good.

But this program really shines if you know what you intend to do with it...i.e. find underground stuff or naughty stuff...things like that.
If the words FSERVE and XDCC and all that jargon mean anything to you, then you need mIRC. All that stuff was designed to work for mIRC...Im sure other IRC clients strive to include such features, but they are been-there-done-that features for mIRC.


The only problems with this software are related to the interface. A) the interface looks quite dated...it hasn't changed for the longest time. Ive been using IRC since the early 5.x versions and 6.X doesn't appear any different from the old versions.
B) You can't seem to change the font without losing performance. Its really weird, if I use fixedsys font in the windows they scroll up and down fine. The instant I start using a new font, like Tahoma or Arial, the windows scroll with lag and delays. Its really strange.

So I'm forced to use Fixedsys...which I dont mind. When I don't use it, chatting in IRC looks too weird anyway...I'm so used to the font in mIRC.

Oh yeah, the program isn't listed as free, either. But, this like program, like WinRAR, will work past the trial period. You get the nag screen when you start up, but after a few seconds the CONTINUE button ungrays, and you can use it no problems.