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rie_t • today at 10:43 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

An IRC client with an extension for image/video embeds and a voice chat (with video/screenshare support) would go far.


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dewey • today at 10:47 AM

Many GUI IRC clients do image / video embedding, even 10 years ago. Voice chat / video / screenshare is probably not a good fit unless you run some kind of secondary infrastructure like Jitsi and make it look like it's part of the client. Doesn't seem like a great fit though.

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pkal • today at 10:46 AM

I know it is a different protocol, but doesn't Mumble provide this to some degree?

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movsx • today at 11:04 AM

I feel like this is completely missing the point of what IRC is.

I appreciate its text-only nature and would never want to see image/video embeds and/or voice chat in my client.

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cowlevel • today at 11:42 AM

Give Matrix a try.