I'm currently working on a product that gives you a useful bot for your team chat room (http://www.getinstabot.com, contact me for free beta access), so I've had a bit of experience with the two protocols lately (I'm currently rewriting the XMPP frontend in Go, the architectural evolution has been enlightening and it's a very fun process, I might do a writeup if there's interest).
This post looks a bit like filler, it's not very accurate on the details (as other posters have said), and it doesn't have much content.
I think the main reason people will prefer IRC over XMPP is one of culture. IRC is for talking to strangers, XMPP is for talking to people you know.
Because of this, various company chat services are gearing towards supporting XMPP, because people usually already use XMPP clients, and the whole environment is less "let's look around the server and see what channels are interesting" and more "I'll just make a channel here because everyone has a client that can talk to it already.".
Both technologies are great, and you can use them pretty much interchangeably, but each serves a different target market. That's the biggest difference, in my opinion.
Yes, unfortunately documentation has taken a back seat to getting the XMPP frontend right. It should be ready in a day or two, and then it's documentation time. Feel free to contact me (email in my profile) if you need anything at all, but the bot should just work with the Gaglers rooms right now.
Can I email you to ask what sort of customization you're looking for? Thanks!
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I'm currently working on a product that gives you a useful bot for your team chat room (http://www.getinstabot.com, contact me for free beta access), so I've had a bit of experience with the two protocols lately (I'm currently rewriting the XMPP frontend in Go, the architectural evolution has been enlightening and it's a very fun process, I might do a writeup if there's interest).
This post looks a bit like filler, it's not very accurate on the details (as other posters have said), and it doesn't have much content.
I think the main reason people will prefer IRC over XMPP is one of culture. IRC is for talking to strangers, XMPP is for talking to people you know.
Because of this, various company chat services are gearing towards supporting XMPP, because people usually already use XMPP clients, and the whole environment is less "let's look around the server and see what channels are interesting" and more "I'll just make a channel here because everyone has a client that can talk to it already.".
Both technologies are great, and you can use them pretty much interchangeably, but each serves a different target market. That's the biggest difference, in my opinion.
The inaccurate details have been fixed. Why do you think the post does not have much content?
Instabot sounds good. I'll be happy to try it out with the Gaglers chat rooms. There are not much details on the site about how to customise the bot.
Yes, unfortunately documentation has taken a back seat to getting the XMPP frontend right. It should be ready in a day or two, and then it's documentation time. Feel free to contact me (email in my profile) if you need anything at all, but the bot should just work with the Gaglers rooms right now.
Can I email you to ask what sort of customization you're looking for? Thanks!