Snak
Original author(s) | Kent Sorensen |
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Initial release | 3 March 1997 |
Stable release | 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012[1]) [±] |
Operating system | Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X |
Platform | x86 |
Type | IRC client |
License | Proprietary |
Website | snak |
Snak (Danish for "chat") is a shareware Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client written by Kent Sorensen for the Macintosh platform.[2][3][4] Snak is distributed as shareware and can be freely used and evaluated for 30 days at no charge.[3] After the 30-day evaluation period has ended, the program will quit after 15 minutes of use, and a registration key must be purchased. Versions up to 4.12 runs on both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X while version 5 and newer only supports Mac OS X. The program is Intel Only as of version 5.3.4.
Features
Snak supports an unlimited number of connections and channels,[5] private chats, as well as full DCC support for file transfers and chat. It can be scripted with AppleScript and the ircII scripting language.[6] Snak features an Actions list which makes it easy to automate responses to many common events on IRC.[7]
Snak includes the ability for multiple panels to share the windows. A panel can contain a channel, a dialog with another user, a list, or information about a DCC file transfer. This results in an effective use of the screen space and improves the ability to follow multiple channels. A panel can be moved from one window to another by dragging the title bar or the panel tab.
Although limited support UTF-8 support has been included since version 5.1.5 (released 2006-09-23), as of December 30, 2014, full UTF-8 support is still lacking (promised for "the next major version").[8]
Critical reception
Jason Parker, Assistant editor for Download.com, wrote for CNET Reviews on May 26, 2005:
"If you want a great IRC chat client for Mac, Snak is hands-down the best in the category."[9]
It has also briefly been mentioned at MacWorld UK[10] and is listed at MacObserver.[11]
References
- ^ "Snak - IRC for Mac". Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ Charalabidis, Alex (15 December 1999). "IRCing On The Macintosh: Snak". The Book of IRC: The Ultimate Guide to Internet Relay Chat (1st ed.). San Francisco, California: No Starch Press. pp. 64–66. ISBN 1-886411-29-8.
Snak is another very new Mac client that has rapidly become one of the leading choices, especially for people who find Ircle's four or more windows cluttered or confusing.
- ^ a b Mutton, Paul (27 July 2004). "IRC from Mac OS X: Snak". IRC Hacks (1st ed.). Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media. pp. 13–14. ISBN 0-596-00687-X.
One of the friendliest and three of the more popular, and more powerful, IRC clients available for OS X are presented here: Conversation, X-Chat Aqua, Snak, and IRCle. (p. 11)
- ^ Steinberg, Gene (21 March 2000). Mac OS 9: The Complete Reference. Osborne Complete Reference Series. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. pp. 856–857. ISBN 0-07-212506-3.
Two IRC clients stand out on the Mac: ircle 3.0.4 and Snak 3.1.
- ^ "Snak: Description". Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ "Snak: Manual: Scripting". Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ "Snak: Manual: Actions". Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ "Snak - IRC for Mac - Version History". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ Parker, Jason. "Instant messengers for PC and Mac". Killer Downloads. CNET.com. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
If you want a great IRC chat client for Mac, Snak is hands-down the best in the category.
- ^ Evans, Jonny (16 November 2007). "Third party apps - further Leopard updates". Macworld UK. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ D'Addario, Kyle (27 March 2001). "Snak On This: IRC Client Updated". The Mac Observer. Retrieved 14 October 2009.