colloquy.
Colloquy is a lightweight Internet Relay Chat client rich in both features and ease of use.

Features
· Elegant multi-window interface gets out of your way.
· Plug-in support for 3rd-party enhancements.
· Multiple servers for extreme multi-tasking.
· NickServ support for automatic identification from your keychain.
· Revolutionary auto-actions for more natural conversations.
· Exacting mIRC color support (sending and receiving), including background colors.
· Bold, italic and underline font styles.
· Drag-and-drop DCC file transfer, including resume.
· Message highlighting when you get addressed in the conversation.
· Tab completion of nicknames.
· Configurable colors and behavior settings.
· Auto-connect and join channels with bookmarked servers.
· Fast and solid IRC core powered by the GNU FireTalk library.
· Toolbars, drawers, sheets — fully Mac OS X.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Where are my IRC commands?
A: Colloquy is a simple visual IRC client. If you require IRC commands and Colloquy does not provide suitable options through menus, toolbar icons or current plug-in commands let us know for consideration as a future option or plug-in.

Q: Will Colloquy be AppleScript aware or have an AppleScript plug-in system in the future?
A: Yes, this is the plan. Currently Colloquy plug-ins need to be written as Cocoa bundles; email timothy@javelin.cc for more information and the plug-in software development kit.

Q: Can you add this feature to Colloquy?
A: Any features or improvement ideas can always be sent to timothy@javelin.cc. We read every suggestion, though someone might not reply back. Providing us examples from existing Mac or Windows products will always help.

Q: Will Colloquy continue to be free-ware?
A: For the time being. Even if Colloquy turns into a shareware product, the price will be in the $5-10 range. Of course, donations can always be sent via PayPal to timothy@javelin.cc. The thought of a "bribe" system is being considered (i.e. put money on features and enhancements you can't live without).

Comments & Bug Reports
Any comments or bug reports should be sent to timothy@javelin.cc. Also sending crash reports through the built-in reporting dialog helps us tremendously, especially with a short comment about what you were trying to do.

Languages
· English
· Français

Requirements
· Mac OS X 10.2
· A connection to the Internet (Dial-up, DSL, Cable, etc)

What’s New
Version 1.0.2 (Friday March 21, 2003) –
· Reliably connects to more IRC servers and faster.
· IRC commands. Twenty of the typical IRC commands have been implemented for those die-hard users. Here is the current list: me, msg, query, ame, amsg, dcc send, join, part, quit, say, nick, away, topic, mode ±v, mode ±o, server, disconnect, names, clear and kick.
· Rudimentary plug-in support! Plug-ins can be installed in any of the library directories, preferably: ~/Library/Application Support/Colloquy/PlugIns. Contact me for the plug-in software development kit. Try /itunes in a room to test the basic iTunes plugin.
· Added the French localization.
· Fixed an issue when using an Azerty keyboard that prevented typing characters with circumflex and trema accents (e.g. ô, î, ê, ï). This fix might apply to other keyboard layouts.
· Connections are now saved in the Connection Manager during the first launch.
· Hidden windows now stay in the Dock and Window menus.
· Changing a connection nickname will query the Keychain for that nickname's password.

Version 1.0.1 (Saturday March 15, 2003) –
· Fixed the toolbar configuration crashes (the most reported crash). 
· The Emoticon and Encoding toolbar items now honor the "Use Small Icons" toolbar setting. 
· The Connect toolbar item now opens the "New Connection" dialog when no connection is selected. 
· IRC command queue tweaks to make things "snappier". 
· Support for password protected servers. 
· Nicknames with special characters now get encoded and are saved properly. This fixes the "|" (pipe character) bug.

Version 1.0 (Thursday January 2, 2003) –
· Initial release.

Credits
Engineering & Design
Timothy Hatcher (timothy@javelin.cc)

Chat Engine
FireTalk Library
© 2000 Ian Gulliver under the GNU Public License.
Portions © 2004 Timothy Hatcher under GPL.
See the GNU Public License v. 2 for more details.
http://ares.penguinhosting.net/~ian/firetalk

Localization
French: Matt Anton

Quality Control & Testing
Matt Anton
Adam Downes
Hans Gerwitz
Steve Klingsporn
Chad Little
Colter Reed
Sydney Tsai
Charles Wardin

Disclaimer
Copyright © 2003-2004 Timothy Hatcher

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.