> > Doesn't that pretty much destroy the concept behind IRC, that is to
allow
> > people to chat with each other? Also, don't people on a channel have
the
> > right to see who they are keeping company, and thus being associated
with?
>
> The mode under discussion is only for use for very large channels (and
if
> implemented would probably only be settable on channels at least 500
users
> or something). Under these circumstances the points you mention are
less
> important (particularly if without the mode the users can't stay on the
> network!).
IMHO this is just a bad idea in general. Shortly spoken, it's what would
be stamped as the brute force solution, a quick hack. This might be good
for official channels that hold classes for instance, but for large
regular channels?
This should be fixed at the source, for example (yes, you read it right,
example not necessarily suggestion) sending data such as a large NAMES
listing in a delayed manner so that the client's buffer doesn't overflow,
instead of one burst. What you're suggesting would be more of a quick
hack, and imho the problem shouldn't be dealt with unless we find a way to
actually fix it instead of trying to circumvent it.
Kind regards
--
Tom Rons ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(http://openircd.org/trons/)
