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1. When did you first start using IRC ?

Around 2001.

2. What was the first client that you used ?

It was X-Chat on Linux, which was my desktop OS at the time.

3. What inspired you to write your own client ?

I switched to Mac OS X for my desktop OS, but there was no good GUI IRC client at the time (late 2001).

4. Is it a solo effort, or is there a small/large team behind the scenes ?

Most of the work behind Irssix is the work of the irssi authors. I simply added a Cocoa frontend to it. The vast majority of the frontend was programmed by me.

5. What makes your client stand out from the crowd ?

It's a lot like irssi, if you go for that sort of thing.

6. In which (programming) language is your client written ?

irssi is written in C. Irssix's frontend is written in Objective-C.

7. Why was this language chosen ?

It was the best supported language for the project. It integrated well with both irssi and the OS.

8. What unreleased features are you presently working on ?

Universal binary support

9. What are your plans for the future ? Do you see your client in active development ten years from now ?

Universal binary support. Irssix isn't really in active development now, so I don't really see it in active development in ten years.

10. Is there anything else you'd like to add ?

I don't use Irssix anymore. I find that running irssi in a screen session is much nicer, although it's not a Cocoa app.

Here's the Irssix URL: http://irssix.adlr.info/