Having fun with friends on Facebook takes a great part of our lives, but have you ever wondered how people chat and communicated before the appearance of social networks? Have you heard about IRC (Internet Relay Chat)? It was really popular a decade ago. The best and most widespread software client that people use is called mIRC. You might think that it is not available now and there is nobody using this communication service. Actually, you are wrong. There are still many users out there, who prefer this type of connecting to people by using simple chatrooms.

Features

• Chatrooms

• Script support

• Buddy lists

• File transfer

• Multi-server connection

• IPv6 support

• SSL encryption

• Proxy compatibility

• Customizable GUI and sounds

mIRC 7.41 is a program, dedicated to multi-user group discussions or one-to-one private chat. Despite its very clean interface, it offers a decent number of features. It supports SSL encryption, IPv6, proxy servers, etc. You are able to customize the way mIRC looks, by changing font colors and even customize sounds. Unlike all modern communication software, mIRC comes with a powerful scripting language. This might sound a bit crazy, but you are able to automate mIRC and even create different apps that perform various functions like network communications, playing games, etc.

Conclusion

mIRC might come back from a decade ago, but it has been constantly improved, offering more and more features. It cannot fight the big modern fancy instant messengers, but it still has its charm and lots of people prefer it . The reason for that is all the good memories they have from mIRC. What about you? Do you have any? Feel free to share them in the comments.