Does anyone know of any sort of easy "point and click" IRC client?
Something made to be as easy as possible for downloading files. I know a lot of hardcore IRC'ers would bristle at this sort of "for dummies" approach, feeling that anyone who can't learn command-line doesn't deserve to be on IRC, but I've never totally agreed with that sort of elitist approach.
Although IRC started back in the pre-GUI era when typing in commands was the only way to do anythng, I always wondered why IRC clients didn't quickly evolve into a more modern, intuitive, point-and-click (comand-line optional) kind of client. (I often seemed to get a somewhat hostile reception to that question)
A conceptual "for instance" for what this conceptual "IRC for Dummies" client might be like:
Whenever a list of served files is broadcast, the client would automatically harvest and compile a list of these files. Then rather than typing in commands/triggers the normal way, the user would just click on the file name on the the list to download it. (the "!" and "/" keys need never be touched for anything) or even have the client automatically ("hands free") download files that contain key words.
There are of course IRC download bots that will do this sort of work (and many are unwelcome and banned because of their widespread abuse) but again, it seems that most of these bots are designed more for the advanced IRC user than the beginner seeking an easy "point and click" software.
By comparison, downloading files off Usenet is immensely easier today than it was a dozen or so years ago -- yet IRC downloading seems practically unchanged for some reason.
Unless I'm behind that times, and there actually are easy 'one click' IRC download clients available similar to what I've described above? Or would any such clients, if ever available, immediately be banned by most server operators to "keep the noobs out"?
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