ColloQ - An improved IRC client for the iPhone, based upon mColloquy.

ColloQ was inspired by my early experiences with mColloquy. Thrilled at finding a functioning IRC client for the iPhone, I also found myself saying "I wish it did X ... I wish it did Y ... why doesn't it have Z?" The source code was publicly available, so I thought what better way to learn iPhone programming than to tinker with an existing app.

Roughly four months later colloQ was released.

Here are some key features of "ColloQ":

￭ More notifications are visible: joins, parts, nick changes, etc.
￭ Channel/PM timestamp
￭ Activity notification on main chats screen
￭ Channel member list allows access to user functions:
￭ Start/Resume PM
￭ Op, Deop
￭ Ban, Kick
￭ PM views now include a "Close PM" button
￭ Fonts and icons are now smaller - screen real estate is precious!
￭ A number of "slash" commands are available:
￭ /join Self-explanatory. The channel will appear in your main list. Example: /join #iPhone
￭ /raw join password I forgot to add password support to the /join command, but you can use this raw command as a workaround for now.
￭ /me Sometimes referred to as an "action". Example: /me throws a hissy.
￭ /msg Sends a PM to . Example: /msg nickserv help
￭ /query Opens up a PM window to , but does not send a message. The window will appear on your main chats screen. Example: /query JoeBlough
￭ /nick Changes your IRC nickname. Example: /nick NewNick
￭ /ns A shortcut for /msg nickserv. Example: /ns identify mypass
￭ /cs A shortcut for /msg chanserv. Example: /cs set #iPhone desc A channel.
￭ /ms A shortcut for /msg memoserv. Example: /ms read 1
￭ /os A shortcut for /msg operserv. Example: /os help
￭ /raw This is a special command that sends text directly to the IRC server. It is like the /quote command found in other clients. With it you can send any command that the IRC server understands. Example: /raw links. (If you really want to see all of the commands that the server understands, take a look at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1459.html).


mColloquy bugs that are FIXED in colloQ
￭ Channel and PM views are corrupted and go all red/orange after some time. Fixed However, each channel or PM view is limited to approximately 5700 characters. Oldest messages start scrolling off once it fills up.
￭ Input bar is black on iPod Touch. Fixed
￭ When channel and PM views are first created, the very first message is lost. Fixed
￭ Tapping on URLs in channel and PM views causes app to crash/disconnect. Fixed

Requirements:

￭ iPhone