#Mibbit irc software#

If webirc is not used or is unavailable, Mibbit puts the user's hostname in the client's realname field and encodes the user's IP address in hexadecimal and sends it as the ident reply. Servers that support webirc allow Mibbit users to appear as regular IRC clients instead of appearing to connect from the domain. Mibbit supports the webirc (cgiirc) protocol which allows the client to send the user's IP address and hostname to the IRC server. Some of these extensions include a channel chat buffer that can be shown to Mibbit clients when they join a channel where another Mibbit user is already present, a notification for other Mibbit users that you are typing a message to them, and distinctive icons that allow identification of the device used with Mibbit such as an iPhone, iPod Touch, Wii, etc. It also differs from server-based web proxy IRC clients such as CGI:IRC where all processing takes place on a remote server.īecause the client–server design allows for a centralized Mibbit client server, Mibbit is able to offer extended functionality which is not present in the standard IRC protocol. This design differs from web browser component clients such as ChatZilla or Java applet based IRC clients such as PJIRC that operate entirely from within the web browser. The client's backend is written completely in Java and operates independently of the web server in a standalone fashion on the Mibbit server.

The user interface is written in HTML and JavaScript using Ajax programming techniques. Unlike typical web-based IRC clients, Mibbit makes use of a client–server design model. Mobile devices such as the Apple iPhone iPod Touch, and Nokia N800, and other platforms such as the Nintendo Wii are also supported. Most modern web browsers that support recent versions of JavaScript are supported, including Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Google Chrome, and Safari.

#Mibbit irc software#

Mibbit's user interface operates entirely within a web browser and does not require installation of any software on the user's computer.