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Have you checked out Kiwi IRC? It seems to work quite well in Firefox for Android at least. https://kiwiirc.com

I spent a bit of time on an extremely basic IRC protocol implementation and client based on the TCPSocket API a while back: https://github.com/jdm/circuity

ashughes:
kiwi IRC is just another server-side client with UI that doesn't really fit the phone screen well, from what I saw.

I wrote IRC.js yesterday (jet-lag...) it's based on mozTCPSocket, it supports SSL, and I'using on irc.mozilla.org. Sounds good enough for your project? https://github.com/bakulf/irc.js

baku, that's great! But it's not "my project", it's just an idea of what I'd like to see someone create (and what I would use on Firefox OS).

Maybe I can take the challence. I took me a while but here's IRCpad. IRCpad is not connected to the real IRC because it's designed to be simple as hell but it can be used in a similar way. Have a look at it https://ircpad.com
Mobile screenshot can be found on the about page.

Pros:
+ssl security always on
+instant image uploads
+instant link previews
+chat history
+works on almost all devices
+no software installations

Cons:
-requires registration
-no users yet since it's a new thing

Sorry, but IRCPad does NOT do what I would like to see. I want to connect to existing IRC channels, and I want it to be a 100% local app that does not send my messages through any other server than the IRC server I connect to.

OK I see. If you have a 100% locally working app in your phone and no servers in between but the IRC server, it basically means that you will get disconnected each time your phone loses a connection for a moment. That also means you won't be able to receive messages during those time periods and your nick keeps changing cause of the timeouts. And when you are travelling, this might happen very often. You may also have to change irc server addresses depending on your current location and the connection. Because IRC requires persistent connection to server, you'll also drain your battery in hours if you'll need to stay on the channels. I just don't see it working that way, but prove me wrong

IRCpad does not send information to any other server. In fact, it is the only server on the whole system. And the connection is encrypted unlike in a typical IRC network so if you're afraid of the privacy, it might actually be better than in a real IRC. The bad thing is to have all the people join there. It's probably something that will never happen.

This is just my opinion
Cheers

Possibly (depends on if the IP socket connection ends up just stalled or if it gets really disconnected - in my experience, the former happens more often than the latter). But that's OK for what I want. And the good side is that I'm not dependent on a third party and have full control of my stuff.

A lot of what we call "privacy", for example, is about having control over your stuff, not that nothing can be published (not that this idea is about privacy, it's more about showing what can be done in purely HTML+JS on the client).

Last edited by KaiRo at 2013-11-21 14:31