Saduger

It been a while but mbr4nes has returned to the Apple homebrew scene to deliver a new IRC app for Apple's iPhone called colloQ. Inspired by the previous IRC homebrew mColloquy, this nifty program improves a lot of the old one's features as well as fixes some of bugs previously noted.

Since the source code for mColloquy was openly available to the public, the developer created colloQ as an enhanced version of its predecessor. Here's a list of the added features included in colloQ version 0.11:

* More notifications are visible: joins, parts, nick changes, etc.
* Channel/PM timestamp
* Activity notification on main chats screen
* Channel member list allows access to user functions:
o Start/Resume PM
o Op, Deop
o Ban, Kick
* PM views now include a "Close PM" button
* Fonts and icons are now smaller - screen real estate is precious!
* A number of "slash" commands are available:
o /join Self-explanatory. The channel will appear in your main list. Example: /join #iPhone
o /raw join password I forgot to add password support to the /join command, but you can use this raw command as a workaround for now.
o /me Sometimes referred to as an "action". Example: /me throws a hissy.
o /msg Sends a PM to . Example: /msg nickserv help
o /query Opens up a PM window to , but does not send a message. The window will appear on your main chats screen. Example: /query JoeBlough
o /nick Changes your IRC nickname. Example: /nick NewNick
o /ns A shortcut for /msg nickserv. Example: /ns identify mypass
o /cs A shortcut for /msg chanserv. Example: /cs set #iPhone desc A channel.
o /ms A shortcut for /msg memoserv. Example: /ms read 1
o /os A shortcut for /msg operserv. Example: /os help
o /raw This is a special command that sends text directly to the IRC server. It is like the /quote command found in other clients. With it you can send any command that the IRC server understands. Example: /raw links.

Also, here are a couple of bugs that colloQ addressed that were previously found on mColloquy:

*Channel and PM views are corrupted and go all red/orange after some time. However, each channel or PM view is limited to approximately 5700 characters. Oldest messages start scrolling off once it fills up.
* Input bar is black on iPod Touch.
* When channel and PM views are first created, the very first message is lost.
* Tapping on URLs in channel and PM views causes app to crash/disconnect.

The app isn't without its own set of bugs, however. The developer noted that the latest version of colloQ tends to lock up when typing on the input bar on rare occasions. mbr4nes promises to address this issue by the next release of the program.

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