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About The Application Description and Goals Encircle is a NeXT/OpenStep based Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. This IRC client was inspired by the lack of one for the NeXTStep user environment. While designing this software the _mIRC_, Japanese IRC.app, and ircII were used as examples and inspirations. What I really learned from these applications was how an un-intuitive user interface can interfere with using IRC. Therefore my goal for this application is: Provide a versatile and intuitive internet relay chat application that allows the user to easily and proficiently express ideas and feelings without interface interference. This brings me to a controversial aspect of my application and NeXTStep applications in general. I am not going to support ircII "/" commands, rather I will provide other intuitive means to perform the same tasks taking advantage of the interface elements provided. Any questions or comments about Encircle should be sent to the Encircle mailing list at _encircle@umich.edu_ or directly to _premise@engin.umich.edu_ Application (NeXT Foundation Kit is needed) Mailing List _encircle@umich.edu_ Thanks for testing and feedback Selar <hussain@artsci.wustl.edu> jbn <jbn@mystery-train.cu-online.com> _ Releases and Functionality Release 0.7 on 4/1 (Sorry.....I am gutting the innards and making it expandable) (Will be a Quad Fat release) 1. Operator Inspector - Kick - Mode changes - Topic changes - Ban list - Auto OP list 2. User Inspector Containing - Font and Color Controls on global and per channel basis - Nick change - Email change - Name change - Away, Part, Ping message change - Notify list - Ping browser for channel and individual users - Whois with integrated picture, mail, private message, ping, version, and userinfo 3. Floating Tool bar - Mark away - Console forward - Ping - Whois - Private Message - Kick 4. Find Panel Update - Find channel based on name or topic - Find person based on server, name, or nick 5. Bug fixes - Users with same nick on channel - Sensing Mode changes including OP status - Clear entry field after message send - Maximum message length adhered to - Resize channel window bug fixed - Notice and Parting error in all windows fixed 6. Different preferences, added global 7. New open server window 8. New open channel window 9. Printing 10. Better error code notification _Release 0.11_ on 1/16/1996 (Motorola only) 1. Fixed server disconnect, and connection bug. 2. Added Open Server Dialog. 3. Fixed parsing error. _Release 0.1_ on 1/13/1996 (Motorola only) 1. Preferences - Show joins, quits, mode changes, - Real name - E-mail address - Nick and alternate nick - Quit and away message - Default server and server list - Colors for actions, quits, and joins 2. Listing of frequented channels 3. List of users on a channel 4. Mark yourself as away and unmark 5. Resizable message entry field for those long messages 6. Reconnect to server 7. Console window (shows errors etc....) 8. Private messages in another window or active window 9. Actions - perform (w/tab) and receive (in color) 10. Notice - receive 11. Auto join on invite In a future release 1. DCC chatting and file transfer 2. Multimedia whiteboard (i.e. graphics, files, drawing etc.....) Possibly between Virc and Encircle users. 3. UNIX Fingering
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.