Guest Ramm Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 This is the second major release of the Linkinus IRC client. It's not free, but in my opinion, it is the best client for Mac OS X out there. 1.1 costs around 20 dollars, and is packed with features. There is a 15 day demo available. It has quite a large release notes section... Release NotesNew features in version 1.1: New Application Icon New Website Added five new styles (Simplified, Apt, acid_burn, Erstwhile, and Mmm... IRC) Added ability to change font size from 9pt to 24pt Dock icon is now also badged for highlights Support for personal/individual proxies Support for SSL connections Increased Growl support Reset demo trial for 1.1 Added a list of most servers to startup wizard & Servers Editor Channels/queries are now sorted by name automatically. Added contextual menu to right click of servers/channels Added menu items to edit channels and connections Added new auto-away options Find Box Added better support for UTF-8, Hebrew, Asian and Arabic languages Autoexec commands now execute before joining channels Added System Information script. /sysinfo to execute. Drag and drop on queries in the sidebar starts DCC Transfer Added preference for status symbols in Userlist. Added wildcard support in highlights. Improved log writing. Improved highlight parsing and recognition Added a way to quit Linkinus and/or the agent from the application menu (Linkinus menu) Log storage now formatted yyyy-mm-dd Added a slider to customize auto-completion delay and a preference to disable it Linkinus now remembers away state through Disconnect/Reconnect Added /brb command to say "brb" in every channel Message totals are now shown for all channels combined when connection is collapsed The channel key is now displayed in the topic bar. //command now sends "/command" to the channel instead of executing it Added preference to set Cmd-W to close tabs Removed /idis, replaced with /itunes, formatted the output differently Include helpful mouse-over tooltips for the 4 buttons along the bottom Add link to Linkinus channel in help menu. "Chat With Us" Users are notified when speaking in a channel/connection that's not active /join directly after a part in the same channel window no longer requires the channel to be supplied Transfers completely revamped Delay added to begin scrolling topic on mouse-over Timestamp customization is now in the preferences Allow userlist and server/channel lists to be collapsable (Simply drag them to oblivion) Pressing enter when editing channel topic now commits changes Added preference to turn off sound while away Added ability to make dock icon bounce on highlights Added ability to preview sound in the sound pref pane (via double culck) The text box now has a separate state for every channel/PM Bug fixes in version 1.1: Some channels didn't show up properly Greatly improved sockets Linkinus now remembers the width of the channel and userlist sidebar Fixed inconsistencies in graphics in the main window Fixed several bugs that caused Linkinus to crash Oper-only channels are now supported Topic is now scrolled all the way once scroll has started Joining channels with odd characters in the title (exclamation points, etc) now works. Aliases that are a superstring of another alias no longer execute the substring Fixed inconsistent usage of "room" and "channel" in the interface Fixed /mode behavior Detaching and reattaching now saves the collapsed/expanded state of connections. /clearall now resets message counts for all channels Fixed a menu bar glitch Spellchecking option now persists through sessions Linkinus now provides a reason when closing connections Executing a blank shortcut no longer sends an empty message to the channel Made linkinus://nick@host:port/#channel smarter Linkinus Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vault Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 This is pretty nice...love how they called the mirc lookalike theme "mmm...irc" :pirate2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-404341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Seems like a cool new IRC app. I tried using it, and it still needs a lot of work. It'd be good if somebody made a decent style for it, because all the default Linkinus skins are pretty bad. No matter which one I choose, it gets annoying. Their "SDK" is nothing more than a raw text-editing program that edits CSS styling, so it's not user friendly at all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-404373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vault Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I'm using Apt, Takuro...normally don't like that style with the divided up looking lines but it's growing on me. I've never liked Colloquy as it feels cumbersome/hacked to me- wish I could just get a mirc clone. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-404410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Looks like another try at a Colloquy clone. X-Chat > * Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-404499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipHDK Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I think I will stick with irssi Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-404629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriX Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I've been using Linkinus for a while, and it is a great client. This update adds many features and fixes many annoyances, even beyond the official release notes. I made an iUseThis for it: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/linkinus Also, you can hang out with the Linkinus crowd and ask for support at irc.linkinus.com, #linkinus. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-404756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Hi Ramm: Thanks for sharing the info about Linkinus. Looks interesting. So far, I've used X-Chat Aqua and Colloquy on OS X. So far I've liked all these better than the ones on Windows I've used. (Maybe I'm just biased towards OS X Apps) --danyel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-404875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Posting my first official chat style for Linkinus. Based off of Apt, I give you "Loose Leaf." Download: Loose_Leaf.zip Preview: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Pretty nice Takuro I made one based off the the Erstwhile theme, just a little less hard on the eyes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flibblesan Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 You can get a free key for Linkinus 1.1 from MacHeist (yes, it's legit) http://macheist.com/free Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 You can get a free key for Linkinus 1.1 from MacHeist (yes, it's legit) http://macheist.com/free Cool, thanks! Edit: That's a brilliant stlye Takuro. Nice work! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I have two extra keys if anyone wants them I just tripled up to make sure I got one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 That's a brilliant stlye Takuro. Nice work! Thanks. Still has a few weird kinks. I have two extra keys if anyone wants them I just tripled up to make sure I got one. It stinks how those licenses are only good for "1.1.x" (translation: just v1.1. I doubt they'd roll out v1.1.7. Seriously.) There are a lot of annoying bugs in the current release. I've never got a "pipe error" using any other client, and messages tend to lag. Even inputting text into the text box feels sluggish if I'm typing fast. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetrasoft Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I have just tried the 15 day demo, it is good, but I am going to stick with colloquy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I hate Colloquy. It's too split up, there are windows everywhere. Although, Colloquy does look better than Xchat Aqua. Linkinus is like a demon child between Colloquy and Xchat - it's nice and compact, but it's sexy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFI Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I dunno, I'm still leaning towards Colliquy by a hair, becuase of its ease of use in setting up. The UI on Linkinus looks awesome and very, very OS X'ish, but connecting is a another story. Its not as easy for some reason...or am I doing something really wrong? The InsanelyMac IRC is not even listed in Linkinus...but it is in Colloquy. I can still add it yes, but then where do you add the chatroom in Linkinus? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 EFI, you may want to actually learn to use IRC You can simply join any server by typing in: /server irc.server.com Example: /server irc.moofspeak.net To join a channel, just type in: /j #channel_name Example: /j #osx86 (Offnote: InsanelyMac is not affiliated with the IRC network it connects to (Moofspeak) through the Java chat) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-406974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFI Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Ah it worked! Thanks Ramm. Looks like its bye bye to colliquy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-407164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitednations Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I had problems hiding my real name and ip with this client. Does anyone know where the optionis to change your real name so it isn't display in irc? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56574-linkinus-11-released/#findComment-407651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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