Hi! I have given up on this thread already. Just out of curiosity.
intrigeri: > adrelanos wrote (17 May 2013 19:37:18 GMT) : >>> adrelanos wrote (17 May 2013 11:42:04 GMT) : >>>> - There are more XChat than Pidgin users. > >> Need to correct that one: "There are more users using XChat for >> IRC than using Pidgin's IRC Plugin." > > Would you please be kind enough to support such claims with some > kind of source data or something in an appropriate thread? Originally, I didn't want to search for references or doing original research. Writing it down, so others can reproduce it, costs a lot time to no (I expect) avail. Anyway, because you kindly asked and helped a lot times and generally do lots of useful work... Doing this research strictly over Tor is difficult, since many big IRC networks ban Tor. Not doing it over Tor may be much easier. Go to some big IRC network. You can find big networks and channels on http://searchirc.com. Either join some channel with without mode +C set. To check: /mode #channel Or send everyone in the list "/ctcp nickname version" one by one, however, the latter may be considered spam/offense/etc., imho a luxury problem. Doing it in channels with +C not set is imho ok, it's their fault not setting +C, so they risk being part of a research, and, ctcp is really a part of the protocol, not a hack. /ctcp #channel version Example: (not trying to be complete, not quality of a serious study) irc.gamesurge.net #quakecon /ctcp #quakecon version 66 users total. In more details: 2x Purple IRC (Pidgin) 9x XChat 1x X-Chat Aqua 31x mIRC 7x irssi 2x KVIrc and others Another example: irc.gamesurge.net #dayz /ctcp #dayz version 101 users total. In more details: 14x XChat 1x X-Chat Aqua 1x Purple IRC (Pidgin) 40x mIRC 2x KVIrc 17x irssi and others Sure, to make this a serious study in paper quality, a lot more networks and channels would have to be checked at different times, while not counting users/hosts twice and so forth. Cheers, adrelanos _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev
