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Clickable irc:// links #25442 22/05/03 03:45 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1 R Robzilla OP Mostly harmless
OP Robzilla Mostly harmless R Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1	Yeah it has come to my attention that the cursor doesnt swap to a hand on a <a href="irc://server/chan" target="_blank">irc://server/chan</a> link. Looking forward to seeing that in the future! Sorry if this has already been addressed.-zil

Re: Clickable irc:// links #25443 22/05/03 10:24 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,812 Raccoon Hoopy frood
Raccoon Hoopy frood Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,812	This suggestion seems perfectly logical and useful to some mIRC users... but chances are this will make it easier for people to spam their own home-brew IRC server, or worse, spread existing #channel spam across networks! - Raccoon "Hi, our #mIRC Ops are cooler than yours are! Click here!!! -> <a href="irc://EFNet/mIRC" target="_blank">irc://EFNet/mIRC</a> <-" Well. At least I won lunch. Good philosophy, see good in bad, I like!

Re: Clickable irc:// links #25444 22/05/03 12:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523 Q qwerty Hoopy frood
qwerty Hoopy frood Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523	You can easily script it with the on HOTLINK event: Code: on ^:hotlink:irc?//?:: if irc: !iswm $1 { halt } on :hotlink:irc?//?:*: run $1 Last edited by qwerty; 22/05/03 12:17 PM. /.timerQ 1 0 echo /.timerQ 1 0 $timer(Q).com

Re: Clickable irc:// links #25445 22/05/03 06:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 73 R rogue Babel fish
rogue Babel fish R Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 73	It would be nice if mIRC linkified any URL whose protocol identifier is registered with (recognized by) the system, and simply pass them off for the OS to handle. Hard-coding in an identifier and associating a client with it (such as http:// = Internet Explorer or irc:// = mIRC) is not the way to go. -- Succuba IRC Network

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