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drv on Sept 13, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: IRC for GMail Apps

"IRC" is a bit of a misnomer; it looks like it's web sockets connecting to a custom server, unless I missed something.

armored on Sept 14, 2011 [–]

Sure it's not IRC per se, but it is persistent chat based on topic, much like IRC.

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