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http://sourceforge.net/projects/jisirc/ is exactly what I need, only problem is it has multiple ActiveX dependencies and that will not do. Does anyone know of any similar projects which are more portable?

Sean A.O. Harney
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You will have to have dependencies to an external application in order to open a socket towards the IRC server.

  • It can be dependent on the browser architecture (ActiveX controls, Mozilla based, ...)

  • Dependent on a java applet (in this case the irc server should be run on the same host the javascript originates from (unless you go towards signed applets))

  • The "real" IRC client is running on server-side, and the script is only used to communicate with that client.

In DmitryK's list you will find an example for each.

Zed
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  • Both mibbit and loq depend on flash or applet and I cannot use those with YUI Tabview apparently. And chatzilla is just what I need, but it won't work in IE6! I guess I am going to do something similar to your third bullet point, using only javascript,html,css on the client side. – Sean A.O. Harney Aug 17 '09 at 09:30
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DmitryK
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  • I tried mibbit but I don't want to have to depend on the Mibbit Service. Unfortunately I can't use Applets or Flash irc client in the YUI TabView without either reinitializing each time I change tabs. I have yet to find a solution for this. I suppose I will take an approach like Zed's third bullet point and continuously poll the server for updates,although I was hoping to have the clients connect to the irc server directly. – Sean A.O. Harney Aug 17 '09 at 09:20
  • @SeanA.O.Harney: see the Subway IRC client – Janus Troelsen Aug 26 '13 at 13:16