I came across Scrollback a few months back but I still wonder what problem is it trying to solve? IRC is not broken. And the IRC clients work just fine for everyone.
I would like to know more from the team about why they are building Scrollback?
Besides the fact that most people new to IRC are completely intimidated, a good web client solves connection issues as well. I'm behind a university proxy, for example, and port 6667 doesn't work. Currently I ssh-screen-irssi, but if there's a really good web client out there I might switch to it (I hear irccloud is good, though I'm really beginning to like scrollback)
> IRC is not broken. And the IRC clients work just fine for everyone.
...if they know what an IRC client is. Most people don't, and most people aren't going to bother installing and trying to configure some extra software just for a chat room on one weird website that won't get with the modern world and put in a web client.
[+] [-] friendcomputer|11 years ago|reply
[+] [-] xzion|11 years ago|reply
[+] [-] aravindet|11 years ago|reply
It splits up chat logs by conversation rather than time - that's a step up from most IRC logs.
[+] [-] aniketpant|11 years ago|reply
I would like to know more from the team about why they are building Scrollback?
[+] [-] Manishearth|11 years ago|reply
[+] [-] zyxley|11 years ago|reply
...if they know what an IRC client is. Most people don't, and most people aren't going to bother installing and trying to configure some extra software just for a chat room on one weird website that won't get with the modern world and put in a web client.
[+] [-] jyvbn|11 years ago|reply
[+] [-] satya164|11 years ago|reply