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Snak - 5.0.4

IRC chat client for internet meeting rooms

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All Time: (4.5)
Version 5.0.4: (3.8)
Selected Version: 5.0.4
Release Date: 2005-12-05
License: Commercial
Downloads (version 5.0.4): 16,675
Downloads (all versions): 186,725
Price: $25.00

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Product Description:

IRC - Internet Relay Chat. With Snak you can chat with people from all over the world in IRC meeting rooms on the Internet. Millions of people use IRC and there are thousands of meeting rooms with varied subjects like computers, soccer or sports. You can also use IRC to have private conversations with family or friends, and since IRC is worldwide you can use it to practice your language skills.

What's new in this version:

  • The profile list can create a new connection profile in response to the /server command.
  • Built-in version check to inform of new versions of Snak. This feature can be turned off in the preferences.
  • Added alias sslserver. This does the same as /server -ssl.
  • A sound is played when a DCC offer is received. To accept the offer open the DCC list with Cmd-D, select the item and press Accept.
  • The floating channel bar will maximize a window if the selected channel is in a minimized window.
  • The Snak manual is now online, instead of being included in every download. It is still accessed from the Help menu.
  • New -m switch for the /server command to always make a new connection, even if the server specified appears to be on the same network as the current connection.
  • The column header for the nick column in the user list shows the number of members. Previously this was shown with "Pop:" in the channel topic bar.
  • Improved routing of server notices etc. to prevent them from going to incorrect panels.
  • The userlist selection is updated when a nick is selected in the nick column.
  • The version number is now automatically updated in the default signoff message.
  • The numeric edit fields in the preferences accepted other characters as well.
  • The timeout editfield in general prefs lost focus after each keypress.
  • The HTML encoding of several characters like quote and < and > was missing the final semicolon.
  • The Leave Channel contextual menu did not work unless the connection was online.
  • The Update Servers AppleScript did not work.
  • Potential crash when reopening a ssl connection that had previously been open.
  • Sometimes the connection status messages would say "Negotiating SSL" instead of "ready to join channels".
  • The setup assistant would display incorrectly when switching panels.
  • The minimize command had been omitted from the windows menu.
  • A problem related to the SSL feature in 5.0.3 made it impossible to run Snak on OS X 10.

    • Operating System Requirements:

    This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

    • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
    • Mac OS X 10.3.9
    • Mac OS X 10.3
    • Mac OS X 10.2

    Additional Requirements:

    • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

    Screenshots:

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    The channels can also be tiled so that all are visible. The size of the panels can be changed by dragging the title bar. In this screenshot some of the panels are collapsed to make more room for others.    		 Snak
    Windows can contain multiple channels. Here the channels are stacked, so that only one is visible at a time.

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    Version 5.0.4:
    Overall Rating: (3.8) Features: (4.2) Support: (3.8)
    Ease of Use: (4.2) Quality / Stability: (4.2) Price: (3.8)
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    Snak Troubleshooting ReportFile serve - Version: 5.3.3, 7/13/2008 07:44PM PST

    macshadow
    Any one use this to share a folder on an irc client? And if so, how? Can't find any place to choose a folder and am not getting a response to my emails to support.
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    Snak ReviewThe best IRC client! - Version: 5.3.3, 1/13/2008 08:43AM PST

    (1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

    ciglione1
    I've been using Snak for years, and I'm glad to see it's still getting better and better! I used to have a license and I was thinking to get a new one, so I went to the website and found out about the pledge to kiva.org. What to say... Great! I felt even more motivated to send the money, since it would be used to help those people. I totally appreciate their support to Kiva and I wish more developers would do such things!

    The only thing I really would like to see is the possibility to have a DCC transfer window open "in the background", like a private message (basically, without making it the active window). Apart from this, I'm completely satisfied with the program.

    By the way, the support is also very good. I remember sending info on a bug to the developer: he replied and said he'd work on it, and in the following Snak version I found the bugs had been fixed.

    I did try other IRC clients, but Snak is still the best by far!
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    Snak ReviewGreat initiative. Supporting kiva.org microcredit with PayPal payments - Version: 5.3.3, 11/15/2007 05:01PM PST

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    brunobfan
    I'm so completely thrilled to see that the authors of Snak have pledged to give all PayPal payments to kiva.org (http://kiva.org) Kiva is one of my favorite charities because they help by giving poor people access to small loans so they can help themselves. It's totally different than writing a check to a random charity to do with as they please. It's called micro-credit afaik

    So, when you pay for or renew a Snak license, the money will be sent to kiva and loaned out to someone in the third world. Each lender loans out only a small amount like $25 which goes towards the full amount that the loaner has requested. The Snak authors are even publishing their page at kiva so you can check that they actually do what they have promised. Right now they've already loaned out 18 separate chunks of money. Way to go, Snak users :-) You can read more about their pledge at http://www.snak.com/KivaPledge.html

    Oh, and since this is a review I better end by saying that 5.3.3 works great. I haven't updated to Leopard yet so I haven't seen the bugs that this version fixes. Snak is stable and reliable.
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