Am Dienstag 31 März 2020 17:30:12 schrieb Sandro Santilli:
Under the Chat/InstantMessaging app IRC is completely missing, while still being the most stable and ubiquitous system for instant messaging ?
Can you back that statement up?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat has IRC usage has been declining steadily since 2003, losing 60% of its users (from 1 million to about 400,000 in 2012) and half of its channels (from half a million in 2003).
the technical standards and usual deployed privacy support seem to be of less quality than XMPP. Again from the wikipedia entry above:
As of 2016, a new standardization effort is under way under a working group called IRCv3, which focuses on more advanced client features like instant notifications, better history support and improved security. As of 2019, no major IRC networks have fully adopted the proposed standard.
Best Regards, Bernhard