Comments on: Chat around the Campfire http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/02/17/chat-around-the-campfire/ Chris Heilmann - Accessibility, Web Development and Pragmatism - can talk, will travel Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:46:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Chris Heilmann http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/02/17/chat-around-the-campfire/#comment-1970 Chris Heilmann Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:14:02 +0000 http://www.wait-till-i.com/?p=240#comment-1970 Well, I have been on IRC since 1996 (first on a Commodore 64 via a shell at a university) but I think it is a rather cheap shot and you cannot compare the two. Campfire is targeted at project managers or non-technical people and gives an interface you can go to. You could install CGI::IRC at a location and point people there, but there wouldn't be any logging or an easy interface like this, and you could certainly not expect all the participants to install an IRC client (or use Opera). To prove my point: I was once sitting in the office chatting on #html in IRCNET using CGI::IRC (as our proxy only allows for port 80). The PM at that time walked by, looked at the screen and said "Wow, telnet! Haven't seen that in ages!" Well, I have been on IRC since 1996 (first on a Commodore 64 via a shell at a university) but I think it is a rather cheap shot and you cannot compare the two.

Campfire is targeted at project managers or non-technical people and gives an interface you can go to. You could install CGI::IRC at a location and point people there, but there wouldn’t be any logging or an easy interface like this, and you could certainly not expect all the participants to install an IRC client (or use Opera).

To prove my point: I was once sitting in the office chatting on #html in IRCNET using CGI::IRC (as our proxy only allows for port 80). The PM at that time walked by, looked at the screen and said “Wow, telnet! Haven’t seen that in ages!”

]]> By: Sarven Capadisli http://www.wait-till-i.com/2006/02/17/chat-around-the-campfire/#comment-1969 Sarven Capadisli Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:30:13 +0000 http://www.wait-till-i.com/?p=240#comment-1969 In response to: <blockquote cite="http://www.campfirenow.com/">Discover why Campfire is better for group chat than conventional instant messaging</blockquote> Please discover <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt" title="Internet Relay Chat Protocol">IRC</a> first. In response to:

Discover why Campfire is better for group chat than conventional instant messaging

Please discover IRC first.

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