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ClicksAndWhistles is a free IRC client for Windows. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging allowing you to communicate with others in IRC channels (chat rooms) and one-to-one communication via private messages. You can also connect directly with another user to chat or send/receive files.

There are hundreds of IRC networks and thousands of IRC servers providing channels covering a wide variety of topics; you can even start your own channel with little or no fuss. Websites such as Search IRC and irc.netsplit.de let you search for channels on specific topics.

Download the latest version of ClicksAndWhistles today and begin chatting, lurking or whatever you freaks do! :)

Some ClicksAndWhistles features:

*Multiple server connections and multiple "identities" allowing you to have different nicknames on different servers.
*Unicode (UTF-8) support.
*Channel favourite list with configurable key press shortcuts.
*User groups (buddy lists) and user highlighting allowing you to associate different colours with different users.
*Keywords letting you know when somebody has mentioned something of interest to you or perhaps has mentioned your nickname.
*Configurable themes, PNG image backgrounds, outline fonts and colour gradient effects.
*Text formatting (colours, bold/italic/underline).
*Minimize to tray with activity popup and sound event notifications.
*Full logging support including archiving and "log reloading" (previous session history).
*File transfers (DCC SEND) and direct chat (DCC CHAT). Identd support.
*"Connection scripts" (a simple list of commands to run once connected) and "macros" (use one command to automatically run a series of other commands).
*Customizable message text.