ClicksAndWhistles is a free IRC client that supports multiple "identities", floating or MDI windows, multi-server connection, unicode (utf-8), text and paragraph formatting, customizable colour schemes/themes, background .PNG images and outline/shadow fonts, favorite channels and customizable message strings.
Tip: click on a window's icon to pop-up a menu which contains various settings which are saved for that window.
· Support for multiple "identities"
· Support for multiple server connections
· Channel favourite list
· Floating (desktop) and MDI windows
· Themes, PNG image backgrounds and outline fonts
· Pop-up and sound event notifications
· Unicode (UTF-8) support
· Text formatting support (including coloured and bold/italic/underline fonts)
· Channel and user logging
· File transfers (DCC SEND)
· Customizable message text
What's New in This Release:
· New feature (minor): away messages are now properly formatted and appear in the active window if appropriate.
· New feature (minor): channel "no such service" messages are now sent to the channel window instead of the server window if available; this includes the message relating to sending colour codes to a channel with +c mode set