You mean an IRC client via Steam In-Game overlay ?
I have been waiting that for years.
Any sort of IRC support would be a huge improvement. The linux crowd would warm to this immensely.
Yes please.
I'm not sure if this request is relevant. Steam uses its proprietary protocol for instant messaging, so this request seems (to me) more like asking "Valve, please use XMPP instead of your own closed protocol for IM." (although that would be awesome!).
I'd love irc support. Gimmie irc support.
@Majkl578 Not necessarily, Valve could keep using it's protocol for IM but also allow IRC protocol to connect to IRC servers.
The internet uses it's own open protocol (HTTP) yet they included a web browser in the overlay. Steam group chat is a huge plus for communities, but it's badly implemented and in addition it is difficult to overcome the huge inertia that IRC has.
Internet != http. http etc. runs on top of the internet, together with irc, xmpp, email, whatev'.
For what it's worth, the thing with IRC is that the groups are primary, direct messages to a person secondary. AFAIK all other IM-y protocols has it the other way around.
Not really, in IRC protocol it doesn't matter - same command ("PRIVMSG target :message") is used for talking to both channels and users. What is "primary" and "secondary" depends on what client software you use.
This is also something I would also like.
Here's a link to help: IRC RFC 1459
And here's a link to the IRCv3 stuff, it would be wise to take at least a quick glance at some of the stuff before working on a basic client for steam: IRCv3
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Steam Group chat can neither connect to an external IRC channel or allow IRC clients to connect to it. One or the other would be great, as nobody even knows what mIRC is these days, and you keep breaking my steam chat bot (search ChewieBot) with your updates. Connecting steam events with IRC would really help build online gaming communities, particularly around popular Steamworks games on Something Awful.