Winsock IRC Version 3.0

           I am very happy to know that my Winsock IRC Version 2.0 A
             has been added in the Stroud's CWSApps List - IRC Apps
            and rated 3 Stars. Now, Version 3.0 is ready for you !

                              New Features in 3.0

  1. Support .chat file: Winsock IRC can now be one of your Netscape Helper
     Application, and you can launch the program, connect the IRC server and
     join the channel automatically simply by one click on the link under
     Netscape. If the link is refering to the same IRC server you are
     connecting to, it will simply launch the current running Winsock IRC, and
     change the channel directly, without neither logout and login again, nor
     execute another Winsock IRC.

  2. Support URL and Netscape DDE, so it will prompt you to launch the URL when
     the program detects some URL like "http:", "ftp:", "mailto:", "www.", in
     the incoming messages. You can turn off this function under the
     Setting|Preference function.

  3. Add the Netscape "Start", "Launch URL", and "Close" function to make
     Winsock IRC work with Netscape happily. A "Launch URL" button is also
     added next to the Topic textbox, so if some URL address is included in the
     topic line, you can launch it with only one click.

  4. History Database will store all the connection history in terms of server,
     port and channel. So you can reference this information in the combo box
     of the "Connect IRC Server" Dialog. And this greatly simplies your
     operations to connect your favour servers and channels. Note: For the old
     version users, the server list in the WSOC_IRC.INI is no longer
     referenced. To add a new server, you can simply connect to it, and the
     server entry will be added automatically, and will be shown next time.

  5. Channel Database will store the Channel List you retrieved for each server
     in terms of Channel names and Topics. You will find this function very
     useful if you have tried to download thousands of the channels each time
     you login to each server, and know how painful it is. The stored list of
     each server will be shown automatically after you connected to that
     server. You can turn off these function, if you want to save your valuable
     disk space, under the Setting|Preference function.

  6. You can now tune the socket buffer size to fit your connection speed.

  7. Nickname textbox is provided in the "Private Chat", so that even the user
     leave the joined channel, you can still chat with him.

  8. "NOTIFY/SAY/ACTION" button is improved. The button will be reseted to
     "SAY" after you use "ACTION" or "NOTIFY" each time.

  9. Fixed the bugs in Overlapped Messagebox, GPF, Channels Filtering.

 10. Rewrite the Setup program to make the installation easier.