Homer (software)
Homer, from Blue Cow Software, was an IRC client for Apple Inc. Macintosh computer systems during the 1990s,[1][2] written by Tob Smith, and distributed as shareware.[3] Macintosh OS System 7 or later was required, as was MacTCP.[4][5] It featured an icon view of users in a channel, which would animate when the user posted to the channel. It also provided notification of incoming CTCP Finger commands.[6] Ircle included and extended this feature, "face files" to larger images.[7] A late version of Homer reportedly allowed collaborative drawing across the network.[8]
The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh (1994) described it as "a great program if you're interested in IRC," and noted that "Homer has a colorful and unique interface that significantly eases using IRC, since it simplifies switching channels, keeping multiple discussions going, [and] giving and taking operator privileges".[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Eddy, Andy (1996). Internet After Hours (2nd ed.). Prima Publishing. p. 217. ISBN 978-0761503866. http://books.google.com/books?id=F8dzvAh73D4C.
- ^ "Homer". Blue Cow Software. Archived from the original on 2000-08-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20000816191633/http://www.pitt.edu/~bluecow/homer.html.
- ^ Engst, Adam C. (1994). Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh (2nd ed.). Hayden Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1568300641. http://books.google.com/books?ei=lSYtTvbdIZSosAP--OXpCg&ct=result&id=V8od2H3FrkUC&dq=homer+irc+screenshot+-mirc&q=irc+homer#search_anchor.
- ^ a b Engst (1994), pg. 653.
- ^ Staplehurst, John. "Macintosh IRC Software : Homer". Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20081225232105/http://people.exeter.ac.uk/jastaple/irc/homer.html.
- ^ Harris, Stuart (1995). The irc survival guide. Addison-Wesley. p. 144. http://books.google.com/books?id=7O1SAAAAMAAJ.
- ^ "Quickstart guide for those new to IRC". OZmac.org, the OZ.org #macintosh IRC channel website. http://www.ozmac.org/html/resources/irc.html.
- ^ Herring, Susan C. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: linguistic, social, and cross-cultural perspectives. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-9027250544. http://books.google.com/books?id=m8PzbUOIFswC&pg=PA62&dq=homer+irc+-greek+-iliad&hl=en&ei=8iotTtuNBoPEsAO7nNS7Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&sqi=2&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=homer%20-iliad&f=false.
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