Colloquy: IRC For The Next Generation

Some think that IRC is a long dead technology. Some say its time has come and passed. Colloquy says no. Colloquy is a stylish IRC client that brings back IRC from the dark ages with a stylish interface and lots of great features including Growl support.

Colloquy starts you off with a small connections window that allows you to connect to any IRC server you want. If you aren’t sure what you want, Colloquy has some suggestions in a drop-down menu. Once connected, you have to join a room. Colloquy gives you a searchable list of rooms right at your disposal.

Now that you’re in a room, Colloquy gets you chatting. With your selection of window styles ranging from a nice, simple style, to an “iChatesque� look, to old fashioned look from the IRC clients of old.

With Colloquy, you can chat on multiple rooms on multiple servers. You can use emoticons and Colloquy is open-source and has plug-in support. Colloquy even allows you to have a buddy list of other chatters so you can find out when they’re on and message them directly.