Twitch, at least did, have a IRC version of their chat. So you could stream the video with like mpv and have irssi to avoid the browser, and basically have the full experience
I use TheLounge as a client. It’s web based and can show previews of images and videos. So my friends and I can upload images and videos to the server and watch them in the channel.
I’d really like to suggest servers or networks but I host my own private server with TheLounge for my friends. We ran away from Undernet around 2010 and just stayed on our own server since.
IRC was and still is just fine. Not as flashy as some of the newer stuff it had everything you could ask for in text-based chat.
Twitch, at least did, have a IRC version of their chat. So you could stream the video with like mpv and have irssi to avoid the browser, and basically have the full experience
It’s not just text anymore.
I use TheLounge as a client. It’s web based and can show previews of images and videos. So my friends and I can upload images and videos to the server and watch them in the channel.
Convos also does this.
where are some good servers?
I’d really like to suggest servers or networks but I host my own private server with TheLounge for my friends. We ran away from Undernet around 2010 and just stayed on our own server since.
Quakenet is where I sit
where are some good servers?
Yep I run my own ‘The Lounge’ instance now instead of using xchat or mirc or something, it gives me persistance and availability on my mobile devices.