GeekShed Chat

GeekShed Chat is a small software utility designed with Adobe AIR, so that you can easily communicate with other people connected to the Geekshed IRC network.

The installation process is over in a jiffy, while the interface you are met with encompasses a design which can only be described as minimal and clear-cut. It includes a menu bar, a box to write messages and a pane to view discussions or logs. Help contents are not included, yet they are not actually necessary when considering how simple it is to use, by both beginners and highly experienced people.

This tool enables you keep in touch with your friends and family members that are also connected to the Geekshed IRC network. A pretty long list of channels is available, along with its full name, total number of users and topic.

After connecting to a room, you can easily view all the other connected users in a simple pane. In addition to that, you should know it is possible to create an ignore list, so as to stop receiving messages from specified people, as well as a friends list, so that you can find them easier.

From the settings panel it is possible to show or hide the time stamp, strip message formatting, display user status and receive a notification when a friend logs in.

To wrap it up, GeekShed Chat proves to be a pretty useful piece of software for people that still like using IRC clients in order to keep in touch with acquaintances. The interface is intuitive, all tasks are performed in due time, the CPU and memory usage is minimal and we did not pick up on any crashes or bugs in our tests.