[OSM-talk] [Talk-us] Slack

[malenki]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:59:02 -0700,
Ben Discoe wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Michael Reichert <nakaner at gmx.net>
> wrote:
> >> I find this a really worthwhile conversation to have. IRC is still
> >> great for some but it’s hardly inclusive.  
> >
> > Is http://irc.openstreetmap.org/ no web interface?  
> 
> I have tried (every year for the past ~20 years) to get IRC to work.
> I never have seen it work, and I am a tech-savvy person.
> 
> There is always _something_ that prevents IRC from working.

Not sure if I may call myself a "tech savy person" but I used and still
do use IRC since about 20 years. There was never a problem.

> For example, I tried that link you provided, I press "Login", and it
> just spins endlessly, saying "Waiting for irc.openstreetmap.org..."
> Could it be a corporate firewall issue? Or is the server down? Why is
> there no timeout?  Who knows, it is that user-unfriendly.
> 
> > might lack some advertisment (and maybe an modern styling).  
> 
> It lacks the ability to let people connect.  IRC is a non-starter.

Or people lack some abilities?