~pcwiz Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Users with username prefixes of "~" and other weird characters, for example me, can't connect to the IRC from InsanelyMac. It gives you an error saying that "~" is not allowed. And I tried changing my nick from within the IRC applet, but it gives me a Error not connected message. IRC isn't important to me for this site, but just thought you (meaning Suhail, admins, and users) should know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Yes ~ is not allowed. This is becuase the ~ symbol represents a Channel Operator and therefore can not be used in names. I do not maintain the IRC Network but I can tell you that this is the same on any IRC Channel on any IRC Server - Suhail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Thanks for clearing that up, I assumed it was standard but I just thought people would like to know So no IRC for me I guess unless I use a IRC client and change my nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 No problem. If you still want to use the On site IRC Client then you can change your nick on the bottom right of the Java Client. But I do recommend you use Colloquy if you use OSX/OSX86. It is an excellent IRC Client. And if you are on Windows then mIRC does the job quite nicely with some of the extensions for it out on the interwebz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Changing my nick in the bottom right doesn't work...it gives me an "Error not connected" message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 That must be because it disconnects after it tries your Username. Anyway best advice is to use Colloquy. Its excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I had this error when i had the Apple logo in my name... Had to get Sabr to change it... Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 The Apple Logo is not a valid Character in most Character sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Yeah, Windows sometimes doesn't display the Apple character correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Or long nicks like mine ...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroke Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Well, if you really need to get on IRC, then just grab a client. I actually don't recommend Colloquy, one reason is because of it's large use of resources, and also because it's just too high-brow for my needs. I would go with Xchat-Aqua. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Well, if you really need to get on IRC, then just grab a client. I actually don't recommend Colloquy, one reason is because of it's large use of resources, and also because it's just too high-brow for my needs. I would go with Xchat-Aqua. BitchX ftw :censored2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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