- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $20.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: October 22, 2008
- Total Downloads: 25,310,461
- Downloads last week: 150,648
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 336 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Internet Relay Chat is not as well-known as ICQ, even though it successfully combines chat and messaging without annoying ads. The IRC network is a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk. With mIRC, you can choose from an unlimited number of existing chat rooms based on personal interests, or you can create your own channels with family and friends. IRC is more advanced than simple messenging, so it may take a while to get started. With a bit of browsing, though, you'll find that the mIRC interface allows easy access to IRC features. It guides you through the initial stages, including selecting from a wide list of servers. You can connect to more than one IRC server at once and chat through proxy. By creating your own channel, you can even set up a virtual meeting with colleagues. This program suits advanced users keen to expand their chat-client functionalities. For first-time users, mIRC offers the most functionality of any chat program available, which can be overwhelming at first--but if you read the help files you'll be on your way to using all the features mIRC has to offer.
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Publisher's description
From mIRC :mIRC is a full featured Internet Relay Chat client for Windows that can be used to communicate, share, play or work with others on IRC networks around the world, either in multi-user group conferences or in one-to-one private discussions. It has a clean, practical interface that is highly configurable and supports features such as buddy lists, file transfers, multi-server connections, SSL encryption, proxy support, UTF-8 display, customizable sounds, spoken messages, tray notifications, and message logging.
What's new in this version:
Version 6.35 enhances security.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 336 votes
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Version: mIRC 6.35
"Simply the best IRC client out there."
Pros: Simple, easy to use interface that is a joy to use.
Everything is where it should be, and it has wide community support, as it is the market leader.Cons: By default it uses a fixed-width font. This is pretty much the only thing I could find wrong with it.
Summary: Highly recommended.
After trying many others (Pidgin, XChat, HydraIRC, KVIrc, mibbit, freenode webchat), I've finally found one that makes sense and I can use. -
Version: mIRC 6.35
"if i can figure out it might be ok"
Pros: do not know of any
Cons: dislike,help isnt any help they might have left it out and put a better user interface instede,maby when they figure out how to bild a better interface.
Summary: help isnt any a better interface would be better than what it is,i am still going to keep trying,it when figured out might be ok,right know this isnt any better than not having one
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Version: mIRC 6.35
"By far still the best irc client for windows."
Pros: Scripting/DDE/DLL/COM support
Built in file server
Large user support base.
mIRC script/plugins/addons can be found all over the net.Cons: Interface can be quite daunting for newer users.
Summary: mIRC is and will always be the best irc client for windows users.
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Version: mIRC 6.35
Pros: It's a lot easier to use than prior versions of the product.
Cons: It still has a way to go. There's still too much difficulty to get to the specific chat channel you're looking for. (I can't imagine using this product to "just chat").
Summary: I'd like to see a much easier interface. This one has made some progress, but it still has a ways to go.
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Version: mIRC 6.35
Pros: can use freely
Cons: hard to get too
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