It's very nice to have alternatives on the IRC market, especially for windows. With mIRC being exploit prone, bulky, weighted, and sluggish while X-Chat gives the GPL the middle finger (and its developers who contributed as well). Suffice to say, the number of powerful and robust IRC clients for Windows designed for heavy use just went from two to zero. That's what I thought until I came across a powerful Windows IRC client called Klient. Klient is a for-pay IRC solution that gives mIRC a run for its money- literally. Well developed with many of the features in mind that people want from an IRC client, and a scripting language that is perfect in many ways, supporting PERL, Python, TCL, and VisualBasic all via a set of predefined hooks and an in-program script editor and syntax checker! Usually, I am pretty opposed to paying for an IRC client. I already paid once for mIRC (oh so long ago), have Trillian Pro, and have Gaim. However, none of these have native nickserv support, do well across 10-12 channels, and provide a well developed community. I'm still waiting on my registration code, but that's okay. Klient proved within the first 15 minutes of use that it was worth the $25 price tag.
We finally have DSL at home, which means I can begin to tackle the dozens of little projects that have been pooling. I think I will start tonight by uploading the new house pictures. Plus, I need them online soon so that I can show everyone back home what our place looks like. I figure between this, Super Mario RPG, some work on my web site redesign, and my programming for tonight, I've got a means to keep myself busy until it is time to go to bed.
The chicken that has been marinating since last night is calling to me. I must heed its summons.
In response to "The Better Windows IRC Client":
Eagerly waiting your house Pics. We might even come for a visit if invited.
Dad