content/news/2009-07-26-web-chat-updates.md

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   2 author: tomaw
   3 date: 2009-07-26 19:32:00+00:00
   4 slug: web-chat-updates
   5 title: Web chat updates
   6 category: development
   7 category: free software
   8 category: freenode
   9 category: open source
  10 category: webchat
  11 imported: yes
  12 robots: noindex
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  14 Over the last few  weeks we have had quite a bit of feedback from our new web chat client.  As a result of this we've been able to feed back requests to the qwebirc developers who have been able to add many requested features:
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  19   * Optional Nick colour support
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  22   * Optional join, part and quit message hiding
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  25   * Optional last position indicator to track which content is new since you last focused on IRC
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  28   * CSS changes to highlight messages from yourself
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  31   * [https](https://webchat.freenode.net) support
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  34   * NickServ authentication
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  37 Some of the optional features are disabled by default, but can be enabled in the option pane, accessible from the menu (top left).