It’s time for the irregular EmacsChannel ChatClient test again!
120 irssi 52 erc 47 xchat 11 rcirc 11 purple 10 colloquy 7 konversation 7 bip 2 ctrlproxy 2 bitchx 2 hydrairc 2 weechat 2 cl 2 limechat 2 hello, world 1 anyfoo 1 heya, wassup?! 1 OMG! LOL i'm on teh intarweb!!!1111 1 riece 1 quassel 1 rcirc.el 1 mirc 1 wtf 1 Hey - I use IRSSI... no more questions! 1 telnet 1 epic4 1 eggdrop 1 piespy 1 miranda 1 dircproxy ---- 294 total
IrcClientSurvey says how I produced the list.
Irssi, ERC, and XChat continue dominating the list. I continue to think that irssi remains popular because people keep it running inside GNU screen sessions. We never learn anything new from these lists!
I’m impressed by the guy who uses telnet to chat. 
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