Yeah, Riot helps me be more present on IRC than I used to be. Sadly, I can't read and respond to IRC offline with Riot, with the way it loads messages as I PgUp/PgDn. But overall, it's an improvement.
I once thought of modifying RMS's wget email script to work with avideo/youube-dl, and modifying it to work with Suckless's ii IRC client so I could use IRC through email. I love email. I can do everything while riding to work. No Wi-Fi needed. (Which means I also don't need to consider running nonfree JavaScript to connect to Wi-Fi, as most require.)
