Anyone interested in an IRC channel?
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If I get interest, I may start one on Freenode. I have two options. One would be ##sketchup for general SketchUp discussions. (The extra pound sign signifies that the channel is a topic channel rather than an official support channel.) The other would be #sketchucation. That would require support from the founds of SketchUcation and would compliment these forums.
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Sounds good. We just need a ruby plugin with a simple button you can press that will open up a web dialog and log the user into the channel. That might make it quite useful
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@willpittenger said:
If I get interest, I may start one on Freenode. I have two options. One would be ##sketchup for general SketchUp discussions. (The extra pound sign signifies that the channel is a topic channel rather than an official support channel.) The other would be #sketchucation. That would require support from the founds of SketchUcation and would compliment these forums.
Well, I founded irc://irc.freenode.net/%23%23SketchUp. Chatzilla users can use irc://freenode/%23%23SketchUp instead. Come and join me.
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Is there a way to join in via some website? It would be much simpler to build the SU integration if we could just use an html client. (I'm admittedly not that irc savy anymore. It's been many moons since I last used irc regularly).
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@chris fullmer said:
Is there a way to join in via some website? It would be much simpler to build the SU integration if we could just use an html client. (I'm admittedly not that irc savy anymore. It's been many moons since I last used irc regularly).
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Ah good, another chance for me to demonstrate my ignorance.
Could somebody please explain a little what you guys are talking about?
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@hellnbak said:
Ah good, another chance for me to demonstrate my ignorance.
Could somebody please explain a little what you guys are talking about?
IRC is Internet Relay Chat. Like the forums, but a bit more real time. The link is for the Wikipedia page on IRC.
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@hellnbak said:
Ah good, another chance for me to demonstrate my ignorance.
Could somebody please explain a little what you guys are talking about?
boy, am i glad you asked the question....!!
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@willpittenger said:
@hellnbak said:
Ah good, another chance for me to demonstrate my ignorance.
Could somebody please explain a little what you guys are talking about?
IRC is Internet Relay Chat. Like the forums, but a bit more real time. The link is for the Wikipedia page on IRC.
Its an interesting read Will. It also cast some light on my ignorance
Could you bullet list the main advantages of such a system of communication?
Mike
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@mike lucey said:
@willpittenger said:
@hellnbak said:
Ah good, another chance for me to demonstrate my ignorance.
Could somebody please explain a little what you guys are talking about?
IRC is Internet Relay Chat. Like the forums, but a bit more real time. The link is for the Wikipedia page on IRC.
Its an interesting read Will. It also cast some light on my ignorance
Could you bullet list the main advantages of such a system of communication?
Mike
Compared to the forums? Well, there is one main advantage: How quickly you get a response. We are talking about near real time. That might or might not happen here. Also, I used to use the forums at space.com. Those are long gone. But the space channel at Freenode has been there for 8 years and and still going strong.
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