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DESCRIPTION

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 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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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.3 (4617):
  • Adds a Bouncer that can be used with Colloquy for iPhone to receive push notifications. (The bouncer feature is Leopard only.)
  • Support identification services on other networks like QuakeNet, Undernet and GameSurge.
  • Warning alert before sending large amounts of text to the chat.
  • Better hostmask generation for bans.
  • Over 60 more changes, fixes and additions.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Timothy Hatcher
Downloads:36,361
  - Version d/l:261
Internet:Chat
License:Free
Date:21 Aug 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
****.
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Colloquy User Reviews (47 posts)Write A Review
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Jul 25 2009
*****

MRGANDO  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))

praisebury
+2
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Jan 14 2009

KKNOPP  BTW a tip or hint to the people who run the #Colloquy IRC channel.

Be a bit nicer to new people that show up. Acting pretentious or "above" those that come in and don't automatically fit into your "clique" doesn't do your application or the time spent on it justice.

Remember, if it wasn't for us, you'd not have a userbase. I was on there earlier and saw two people that weren't cussing, saying anything BAD about the application, or trolling at all. But they were being treated poorly by those that ran the channel.

Having a great application like Colloquy wont matter if those that are involved act badly toward those interested.

Not going to name names. You know who you are.   
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
+7
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Jan 16 2009

ROBBY.IS.ON  I've found the #colloquy people to be quite friendly actually. I'm sorry you experienced otherwise.  
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
+2
Jan 17 2009

KKNOPP  They are for the most part now that I have been in there for awhile. But the day I was in there was an exception I guess. Quite hostile.   
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
+5
Jul 3 2009

ILGAZ  It is the problem of open source in general. People having nothing to do with the project declare themselves as "supporters" and act like they are the people who does code it giving bad name to the project itself.  
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
+2

Jan 13 2009
*****

KKNOPP  Forgot to write a review! (Sorry, been playing with my new IRC toy :D)  
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
+5
[ Reply ]
Jan 13 2009

KKNOPP  Wow I really thought this program was dead in the water. Glad I was mistaken. I am back to using it now instead of Snak.

Colloquy is probably the most MODERN and mac like of all IRC clients. It seems the others are stuck in 1995 and haven't really tried to improve on the idea at all. Other than scripting abilities and aliases and such. I've been wanting REAL emoticons in IRC for ages. And Colloquy lets you turn them off if you are annoyed by them as well. (Choice is good)

The only real bugs I had was the preferences would "stick" sometime and I couldn't get them open. Especially the Appearance panel.   
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
+7
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Jan 12 2009

GREYMAN  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))

praisebury
-1
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Jan 12 2009

GREYMAN  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))

praisebury
-2
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Jan 9 2009

TERRIO  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))

praisebury
-4
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Jan 9 2009

ROBBY.IS.ON  2.2 requires 10.4.  
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
+3
Jan 11 2009

TERRIO  Interesting; at the time I posted this, it still claimed to run on 10.3.9. Oh well.  
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
0

Jan 9 2009

GREYMAN  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))

praisebury
-1
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Jan 9 2009

ROBBY.IS.ON  Try now, a silent update (2.2.1) was pushed soon after the initial 2.2 release fixing this crash. :)  
(Version 2.2.1(4132))

praisebury
+2

Dec 7 2008
*****

GNDZAPP  Use it daily, still my favorite IRC client!  
(Version 2.1(3761))

praisebury
+1
[ Reply ]
Dec 23 2007

JOHN NOWAK  Can't even get it to add an SILC server in the latest version (2.1). The join room button seems broken as well... manually joining in the console seems okay. Had to delete preferences twice so far as it crashes on start. Same experience on two different computers on Leopard.

Someone, please write a STABLE SILC client! I'll pay for it!  
(Version 2.1(3761))

praisebury
-1
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Dec 23 2007

JOHN NOWAK  I seem to have much better luck with the latest nightly build...  
(Version 2.1(3761))

praisebury
0
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