Homer

Short description: Classic Mac OS IRC client

Homer, from Blue Cow Software, was an IRC client for Apple Macintosh computer systems during the 1990s,^[1]^[2] written by Tob Smith, and distributed as shareware.^[3] System 7 or later of the classic Mac OS 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]

References

↑ Eddy, Andy (1996). Internet After Hours (2nd ed.). Prima Publishing. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-7615-0386-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=F8dzvAh73D4C.
↑ "Homer". Blue Cow Software. Archived from the original on 2000-08-16. https://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 978-1-56830-064-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=V8od2H3FrkUC&q=irc+homer.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Engst (1994), pg. 653.
↑ Staplehurst, John. "Macintosh IRC Software : Homer". Exeter College, University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. https://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. ISBN 9780201410006. https://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 978-90-272-5054-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=m8PzbUOIFswC&dq=homer+-iliad&pg=PA62.

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[1] Eddy, Andy (1996). Internet After Hours (2nd ed.). Prima Publishing. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-7615-0386-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=F8dzvAh73D4C.

[2] "Homer". Blue Cow Software. Archived from the original on 2000-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20000816191633/http://www.pitt.edu/~bluecow/homer.html.

[3] Engst, Adam C. (1994). Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh (2nd ed.). Hayden Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-56830-064-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=V8od2H3FrkUC&q=irc+homer.

[Engst2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Engst (1994), pg. 653.

[Staplehurst-5] Staplehurst, John. "Macintosh IRC Software : Homer". Exeter College, University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20081225232105/http://people.exeter.ac.uk/jastaple/irc/homer.html.

[6] Harris, Stuart (1995). The irc survival guide. Addison-Wesley. p. 144. ISBN 9780201410006. https://books.google.com/books?id=7O1SAAAAMAAJ.

[7] "Quickstart guide for those new to IRC". OZmac.org, the OZ.org #macintosh IRC channel website. http://www.ozmac.org/html/resources/irc.html.

[8] Herring, Susan C. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: linguistic, social, and cross-cultural perspectives. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-90-272-5054-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=m8PzbUOIFswC&dq=homer+-iliad&pg=PA62.