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2 | author: Fuchs, ilbelkyr | |
3 | date: 2019-06-22 20:42:00+00:00 | |
4 | slug: moving-to-kiwiirc | |
5 | title: Moving webchat to Kiwi IRC | |
6 | category: freenode | |
7 | category: announcements | |
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9 | ||
10 | Hi all, | |
11 | ||
12 | after years of providing our good old [qwebirc][qwebirc] based webchat, | |
13 | we are excited to announce that freenode is moving to a new [Kiwi IRC][kiwi] | |
14 | based solution! | |
15 | ||
cb21983f | 16 | The change will occur during this weekend (June 22nd / 23rd). |
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18 | Kiwi IRC is an extensible and modern webchat solution, making IRC a lot easier | |
19 | and more comfortable to use for both newcomers and long time users. | |
20 | In addition to a clean and friendly UI it supports translations into | |
21 | various languages, easier formatting and usage of emoji and advanced | |
22 | customization for power users. | |
23 | ||
24 | Most existing links and bookmarks should continue to work, including sites | |
25 | embedding the freenode webchat; please do let us know if you are running into issues. | |
26 | ||
27 | We would like to thank everybody who supported us during this migration, | |
28 | most of all Kiwi's developer, prawnsalad, who provided a huge amount of code, | |
29 | adaptations, options and testing that should ensure a smooth migration. | |
30 | ||
31 | Along with this change, we will no longer apply gateway cloaks to users | |
32 | of our webchat, treating them the same as any other client. While channel | |
33 | operators will still be able to recognize them via the realname field, | |
34 | we strongly suggest that you carefully consider the impact on legitimate | |
35 | users and hope that you decide not to ban webchat users as a whole. | |
36 | ||
37 | Please note that the old webchat will no longer be available after this migration. | |
38 | ||
39 | Thank you for using freenode, via our new Kiwi webchat or any other client you prefer! | |
40 | ||
41 | [qwebirc]: https://qwebirc.org/ | |
42 | [kiwi]: https://kiwiirc.com/ |