IceChat
| IceChat[1] | |
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| Author(s): | Snerf |
| Programming language: | C# |
| Platform: | Windows |
| Status: | Active |
| License: | Freeware |
| Latest release: | 7.70 |
| Homepage: | http://www.icechat.net |
IceChat is an IRC client that first came out in 2002. The latest stable, or good version of IceChat is 7.70 that was made in 2010. There is brand new version being currently created, called IceChat 9, currently released under Release Candidate 1.
IceChat is free which means it does not cost any money to use.
The programming language IceChat 7 is made in is Visual Basic, and IceChat 9 is being created in C#/Mono/.Net and is also is now open source.
IceChat 9
IceChat 9 is currently in development. It is a total re-write of the client using C#.Net , which will allow it to be cross-platform friendly because of the Mono Framework. It will no longer be an MDI interface, but a tabbed interface.
- The scripting engine has been removed, in place of a new Plugin based system.
- Unicode Support
- Built in SSL Support
- Open Source
IceChat 9 latest version is Release Candidate 1, released on July 5, 2011
Features
- VB Scripting Engine, as well as a basic MSL script engine.
- Emoticons
- Multiserver support, keeping seperate settings for each server
- Custom popup menus for Console, Channels, Query's and the Nicklist
- Themes