Gungerdin
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| [POLL] IRC Clients - 2009 Member Choice
The IRC (Internet relay chat) protocol was developed in 1988 by Jarkko Oikarinen as a way for users on a BBS to chat amongst themselves. Distributed chat communications has a history going back to the early 1970's though in the 1960's some of the early programmers recognized that multi-user human communication was the wave of the future. Before IRC the earlier programs were limited to transmit messages between two users at a time. IRC use most likely slowed down a bit when instant messaging programs like ICQ and later AIM were developed.
IRC as described in the Wickipedia:
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message, as well as chat and data transfers via Direct Client-to-Client.
The Poll:
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scarney
Bbr Team Discovery - Bbr Team Rc5
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Madison, WI
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i use XChat mainly, but also run HydarIRC, Trillian, mIRC. |
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jmorlan
Hmm... That's funny.
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Pacifica, CA | reply to Gungerdin
Thanks for the poll!
I voted Chatzilla. |
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lilhurricane
Crunchin' For Cures
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Purple Zone
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Excellent poll, G 
None here |
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booger
join:2008-10-15 | reply to Gungerdin
Nicely done, Gungerdin .. thanks!
I don't do IRC. I voted "none".
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sivran
Long Live The Suite
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Apparently I'm the first to vote Irssi. 
I also checked mirc because I keep it as a back up client on my windows computers. Normally, I just ssh to my linux box. Screen + SSH + irssi FTW. |
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Ray
Mahnahmahna
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Mesa, AZ | reply to Gungerdin
None. I've always preferred nntp (Usenet) myself due to the ability to time-shift.
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Rxdoxx
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Wow. I thought I'd just add my vote for completeness, never figured it would add to None's big lead 
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dp
Go Steelers
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Greensburg, PA | reply to Gungerdin
Nice poll Gungerdin  . None for me. |
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Pentangle
With our thoughts we make the world.
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Vancouver BC | reply to Gungerdin
Thanks for the poll Gungerdin . I rarely use IRC, well never really, but when I did I used mIRC and so voted. |
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aefstoggaflm
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said by Ray :None. I've always preferred nntp (Usenet) myself due to the ability to time-shift. +1
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niblifar
join:2004-02-12
Ohio | reply to Gungerdin
Rad poll, I mainly use xchat with irssi seeing use sometimes.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to Gungerdin
Great Poll Gungerdin!
Trillian here. |
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Vathral
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New York, NY
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mIRC + nnscript addon |
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rexbinary
Mod King
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join:2005-01-26
Plano, TX | reply to Gungerdin
XChat on Linux, Colloquy on Mac OS X, and Colloquy Mobile on iPhone. |
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Littlem129
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White Pine, TN | reply to Gungerdin
Thanks for the great poll Gungerdin.
I voted none. |
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RJST
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Canada | reply to Gungerdin
I don't use IRC so I voted (none). |
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Mannus
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join:2005-10-25
Fort Wayne, IN | reply to Gungerdin
Chatzilla when IRC is the only option to d/l my anime fansubs. |
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
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Sacramento, CA
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mirc and xchat on windows, xchat on linux.. exclusively. |
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TheAnalyzer
join:2006-01-20 | reply to Gungerdin
Nice poll Gungerdin.
I voted : none
TA
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