ThrashIRC

ThrashIRC is an advanced IRC client that offers support for multi-threaded connections which enable you to join up 20 IRC networks simultaneously. It integrates DCC file resume and send options, built-in spell checker, emoticons, as well as UTF-8 character support.

When you run the tool for the first time, you are required to choose the desired nickname. Two preset nicknames have been created for you and you can easily alter them to fit your preferences.

By default, ThrashIRC connects to the Freenode network but you can choose another one from a drop-down list. Plus, you are allowed to select the channels that you want to join.

Compared to other IRC clients that sport a plain interface, ThrashIRC delivers a user-friendly working environment. It comes with a multi-tabbed layout so you can easily switch between your favorite channels.

What’s more, it integrates several handy buttons in the primary panel for helping you quickly trigger several actions, such as insert emoticons, highlight text and look for it on the Internet via your default web browser, view a list with URLs clicked in the chat, grab URLs from your web browser and paste them in the chat window, change font settings, switch between tile or stack windows, automatically join your favorite channels, and search server for channels.

You can make use of right-click operations on the chat window for copying the selected text, performing search operations, marking yourself as away, and clearing the text, as well as on the list with buddies in order to access various features, such as kick, ban, OP/DEOP, check user's client version, time and ping, open private message window, and add or ignore buddies.

ThrashIRC lets you connect on startup, change the interval of time the utility waits before it checks for a server pong, rejoin a channel when kicked, enable or disable emoticons, activate the time stamping option, use a spell checker and add new words to the dictionary, configure flash window and sound events, as well as pick the saving directory for logs and received DCC files.

The program lets you search for channels, make use of channel mode to control who can join a channel and what people can do in a channel, log a channel or private message, alter the text and background colors, add an address to the channel ban list, set topics, as well as send and receive files directly between IRC clients using DCC.

ThrashIRC mixes up a user-friendly interface with a rich set of configuration settings in order to deliver the best experience when it comes to connecting to multiple IRC networks. It can be used by all types of users, regardless of their computer skills and leaves a minimal footprint on system resources.