[dcc2] Question about the necessity of multi file sends

[Tom McAlee]

> I plan to put smiley support in HydraIRC ;)
> Smileys are cool, normal users (not irc geeks) like them, it would bring
more people to IRC

A bit off topic, but the concept applies... some people are very against
such features, even as an option!  There has been a heated debate in
Klient's forums for a couple of years now regarding smileys, but you'll find
the same attitude toward many topics.  Some people are all for something,
some people don't want it but are ok if its there with an option to shut it
off, and others do not want it at all - not even as an option.  They think
it is fundamentally against what IRC is about.

I'm not saying I agree with their opinion; perhaps they would be better off
using a telnet session to chat on IRC with.  But, those types of opinions do
abound and minimally have to be dealt with gently (i.e. "put some velvet on
the harpoon") otherwise there will be large communities of people that whose
negative opinions on you and your client will serve to hamper its growth.

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hydra" <hydra at hydrairc.com>
To: "'DCC2 Working Group List'" <dcc2 at dcc2.org>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 7:46 PM
Subject: RE: [dcc2] Question about the necessity of multi file sends


> > the impression I
> > get is that the mIRC community is against this feature.
>
> Right now the impression I get is that people think mIRC == IRC.
>
> Most mIRC users are DUMB.  Just because mIRC doesn't have something
doesn't
> mean we should progress the IRC protocol and related standards.
>
> I for one. would love multiple file sends that are send one after the
other.
>
> > I personally like the idea of smileys. I think having
> > graphical smileys in a client is a great idea. However, any
> > time I suggest this (as Tom can attest to) I,and others, get
> > replies of "this is IRC, not AIM. If you want smileys, use an
> > IM client."
>
> I plan to put smiley support in HydraIRC ;)
>
> Smileys are cool, normal users (not irc geeks) like them, it would bring
> more people to IRC - rightly so - and maybe all these competing
> incompatiable IM clients will die the death they deserve to.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Hydra
>
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