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Colloquy 2.4

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Timothy Hatcher

Colloquy... Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous. Colloquy is an advanced IRC & SILC client which aims to fill this void. By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application.

Features:

AppleScript: A powerful dictionary for easy scripting.
Fast & Solid IRC Core: Powered by the Irssi engine.
Fast & Solid SILC Core: Powered by the SILC Toolkit.
Plug-In Love: Unlimited extensability through Plug-Ins.
Tight Ship: IRC over SSL for the

What's New

Version 2.4 (5436):

Fullscreen support
SASL Support
Tab completion for room names
Badge icon on dock for unread highlights and private messages
Timestamps display local time on Lion
Support Growl on 64bit systems and Growl 1.3
Fixes a crash when closing windows
Fixes excess flood issues on Freenode
Handle netsplits better
Right clicking on chat will act on the room that is clicked on, not the room that is open
When prompting the user for a NickServ password of a nick other than the preferred nick, identify to the current nickname.
Remove duplicate "search in google" menu item
Ability to have a custom download folder instead of using Safari's download folder
Keep nickname authentication window on top when joining a channel
Use less memory and CPU
Colloquy now requires 10.7 and a 64-bit Intel machine
Python plugins now require Python 2.5 as a minimum, instead of Python 2.3

Version 2.4 (5436):

Fullscreen support
SASL Support
Tab completion for room names
Badge icon on dock for unread highlights and private messages
Timestamps display local time on Lion
Support Growl on 64bit systems and Growl 1.3
Fixes a crash when closing windows
Fixes excess flood issues on more...

Requirements

Intel
64-bit processor.
Mac OS X 10.7 or later.

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Colloquy User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 2.x:

(29)

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Overall:

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+36

Zimphire commented on 02 Apr 2012

Screenshot needs changed :D

[Version 2.4]

+12

Pixeltrance reviewed on 02 Apr 2012

Please note that the 2.4 update is Lion only.
You can still download 2.3 on the developers homepage if you still have refused to downgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion.

[Version 2.4]

+77

Livings124 reviewed on 14 Mar 2012

Long-standing bugs remain unfixed, leaving Growl broken since 2009 and closing windows extremely buggy and unreliable. Developers are rude to users contacting them. Project is essentially abandoned. I would look for an alternative.

[Version 2.3]

+36

Zimphire commented on 27 Sep 2011

I take it that this isn't being updated anymore?

[Version 2.3]

+98

Knowhowe commented on 12 Sep 2010

I've long been using the IRC prog in the SeaMonkey browser package to access my favourite trivia quiz - irc-//dalnet/#trivia

But no more since I discovered Colloquy. For the non-nerd user such as I this is just perfect, I love it.

Its ease of use has opened up the world of IRC for me. Thanks very much!

[Version 2.3]

+54

Bedouin reviewed on 23 Jul 2010

I was a die hard X Chat Aqua user after years of using BitchX in UNIX. I tried Colloquy when it first came out and -- first whatever reason, didn't like it. It seems to have matured since then and merged the classic IRC interface with a genuinely Mac feel. It's become my default IRC client now, and I suspect it uses less resources than X Chat Aqua did.

[Version 2.3]

+68

Tomis reviewed on 04 May 2010

This is, for me, the only usable free IRC client on the mac. It's like the Safari of IRC clients, completely native and at home on the OS, where-as others feel like poorly done translations.

It's had its share of bugs and stability problems in the past, but the current versions have been smooth sailing for me for a while now.

There's always room for improvement in most any software. I give it 4/5, definitely in the best of its class.

[Version 2.3]

+22

MrGando reviewed on 25 Jul 2009

This application is amazing, the price can't be beat, and it's packed with cool features. Low on memory usage too, the "automate" on connect has always proven very useful for me. Also the stability has always been rock solid for me.

Thank you for this, and keep up the good work.

_NG

[Version 2.2.1(4132)]

greyman commented on 09 Jan 2009

System is 10.5.6 and I only use colloquy for silc servers. Current version 1/9/2009 crashes on start-up. even tried with it generating a new preferences file. Please fix this going back to older version till this is fixed.

[Version 2.2(4129)]

1 Reply

+120

Robby.is.on replied on 09 Jan 2009

Try now, a silent update (2.2.1) was pushed soon after the initial 2.2 release fixing this crash. :)

gndzapp reviewed on 07 Dec 2008

Use it daily, still my favorite IRC client!

[Version 2.1(3761)]

greyman had trouble on 12 Jan 2009

Stability in the current version is gone. if system looses network connectivity the application crashes. Also private messages are no longer opening a new tab. Having to resort back to older build.

[Version 2.2.1(4132)]

-1

greyman had trouble on 12 Jan 2009

Stability in the current version is gone. if system looses network connectivity the application crashes. Also private messages are no longer opening a new tab. Having to resort back to older build.

[Version 2.2.1(4132)]

-3

terrio had trouble on 09 Jan 2009

Won't start up on 10.3.9 -- crash log reads:

dyld: /Users/xxxx/Downloads/Colloquy.app/Contents/MacOS/Colloquy Undefined symbols:
ChatCore undefined reference to _NSBaseURLDocumentOption expected to be defined in AppKit
ChatCore undefined reference to _NSCharacterEncodingDocumentOption expected to be defined in AppKit
ChatCore undefined reference to _kCFStreamPropertySSLSettings expected to be defined in CoreServices
ChatCore undefined reference to _kCFStreamSSLAllowsAnyRoot expected to be defined in CoreServices
ChatCore undefined reference to _kCFStreamSSLValidatesCertificateChain expected to be defined in CoreServices
Acid undefined reference to _kCFStreamPropertySSLSettings expected to be defined in CoreServices
Acid undefined reference to _kCFStreamSSLAllowsAnyRoot expected to be defined in CoreServices

[Version 2.2.1(4132)]

2 Replies

+120

Robby.is.on replied on 09 Jan 2009

2.2 requires 10.4.

terrio replied on 11 Jan 2009

Interesting; at the time I posted this, it still claimed to run on 10.3.9. Oh well.

Jcherian rated on 15 May 2012

[Version 2.4]

Downloads:46,068

Version Downloads:1,078

Type:Internet : Chat

License:Free

Date:02 Apr 2012

Platform:Intel

Price:Free

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AppleScript: A powerful dictionary for easy scripting.
Fast & Solid IRC Core: Powered by the Irssi engine.
Fast & Solid SILC Core: Powered by the SILC Toolkit.
Plug-In Love: Unlimited extensability through Plug-Ins.
Tight Ship: IRC over SSL for the paranoia.
Styled For You: Pick the look for your conversations, powered by WebKit.
Colors of the World: Fully compatible with mIRC colors.
Unintrusive Interface: Sleek multi- or single-window modes with tabs or a drawer.
File Transfer Medly: Full DCC transfer support with resume and passive DCC.
They're Your Buddies: A buddy list for your IRC friends.
Multiplicity: The freedom to chat on multiple servers.
Open Minded: Open source, like it should be.
Much, Much More! Just a better experience all-around.

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