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Currently I'm starting a basic project of writing a better IRC client for the IRC PackChat. Little do some people know, there's actually a more active chatroom for The Pack rather than the Java one on the website. It's at http://kiri.nonexiste.net:2001/ However, it's very basic, doesn't make a sound when someone says something while you're not checking the window, etc.

Thus, I'm planning on making a more special IRC client that'll provide a couple more features and then officially replace the Java chat with the web-based IRC client that I'm going to write. Some of the ideas of additional features will include:

• Sound notifications
• An authentication system thus someone taking somebody else's username won't be much further of a problem while still allowing guests and so on.
• The wolf emoticons
• A special theme for The Packs Den
• User profiles that'll be visible right from the client
• No requirement of having Java installed since it'll be written in Javascript instead (NOTE: Java and Javascript are ENTIRELY different programming languages. Also, Javascript is built into the browser, Java isn't)
• File transfer support (if my concept works well)

Those are a couple of ideas and I figured that it would be reasonable for people to critique or add to the ideas first before I really do much. Also note, this is my first project with writing a moderately-sized Javascript, thus not all features might be implemented instantly.

Maybe a spam blocking system that will block people who are trying to type too fast?

If not, that's okay.

Moss27 wrote:Maybe a spam blocking system that will block people who are trying to type too fast?

If not, that's okay.

Actually, that's rather simple. A bot could be written to kick a person off the channel if they're doing something undesired.

Cool. I've been to so many places without bots, people just get annoying after a while.