Visual IRC 2 Alternatives

Visual IRC 2

Visual IRC (ViRC) is an open source Internet Relay Chat client for the Windows operating system.

Features

FREE - no registration fee, no time limit, no nag screen!
Script editor - including visual form designer
User profiles - give your friends, family, or pets their own presets
Server lists - use different nicks or settings on different servers/networks
Multiple server connections - chat on 10 networks without having to open 10 copies of the program; the window tab bar automatically groups windows by server
Event sounds - hear kickbans from across the room
Fully customizable text, fonts, images, and colors
Fully customizable commands, menus, and toolbars
DCC whiteboard - shared drawing space with recording and playback
DCC and TDCC with firewall support - quickly send files and resume broken transfers
Minimize to tray
Background pictures and wallpaper
Bold, underline, italic, 16 million foreground and background colors
Save settings to registry or INI file - great for running ViRC from a floppy
Powerful scripting language - The Versus script engine, greatly enhanced since Visual IRC '98, gives scripters access to every aspect of ViRC's operation and appearance. A few scripts are included:
Smileys.vsc - change emoticons like :) into precious little pictures:
Winamp.vsc - control Winamp 2.x from a toolbar, announce the song you're listening to
More scripts can be found in the Scripts section or at R0aD]{ilL's script site.
International messages - download Spanish and German translations, or make a translation for your favorite language
Automatic update checking - find out immediately when a new version is released
ActiveX scripting - aside from ViRC's native language, you can also write script routines in VBScript, JavaScript, Perl, Python, or any other ActiveX scripting language