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Differences between *AdiIRC* and the competitor 1:

h1. General

# Binary 64 bits version available;
# Undo works in editbox after evaluating;
# Auto update and install new version at a click;
# Portable by essence, where you run the bin it saves the config, don't need any extra config to make it portable;
# Built in spell checker;
# Native support for emoticons on chat and scripts;
# Global editbox history;
# Tabcomplete by recent nicks;
# Track users away status;
# Encoding options on the fly per network;
# Native Now Playing info support for most popular media players;
# Tired of 0-15 colors limit? *AdiIRC* can use unlimited RGB colors. More info at [[Formatting_text#Alternative-colorchar]];
# Built in away system for more control;
# Random slaps, quits and now playing;
# Powerful Plugins api;
# Save and restore open servers and channels;
# Built in System Info (CPU,GPU,Bandwidth,MEM,DISK,AUDIO,OS,etc) commands and identifiers;
# Auto regain nick on re-connection;
# Config to change browser to open links;
# Possibility to open links by single click;
# No limit to scripts support on Highlight Message field;
# Easy to turn off CTCP or to customize the reply, even for *version*. Check [[ctcp]] and [[ctcpreply]];
# Check for irc:// links association on startup;
# Possibility to keep channels open on part;
# Always on top shortcut (default is alt+a);
# It supports system codecs installed to play virtually any songs format in [[/splay]] and related commands;
# Random nick colors on messages, nicklist or both;
# Auto backup to important files like config.ini, vars, commands, servers, etc, avoiding any data loss on BSOD and general crashes so common in other clients. A very relevant feature.

h1. [[Scripting|MSL (mIRC Scripting Language)]]

# It can handle consecutive spaces. Check [[$msgx]], [[$rawmsgx]], [[/fakeraw]] and [[/rawx]];
# Two or more *On Text* events matching same rule in same script file? no problem, *AdiIRC* will match them all. Valid for any kind/amount of events!
# "On KeyDown/KeyUp events":/projects/adiirc/wiki/Scripting_Events works in any window, making possible to override default hotkeys;
# Var size unlimited, don't need to appeal to bvars for most scripts;
# Faster scripting engine, benchmark both client to compare;
# Expanding the MSL language with extra [[Scripting_Identifiers|identifiers]]/[[Scripting_Commands|commands]]/[[Scripting_Operators|operators]]/[[Scripting_Events|events]] and parameters;
# -Multiples and simultaneous sounds in scripts? Sure, it supports named command similar to [[/timer]] function to invoke a new player instance, ie [[/splay]]NAME [parameters];-
# In addition to [[/remote]] [on|off] it has [[/scripts]] [on|off] to toggle Scripts entirely;
# Possibility to halt and customize any client text output. Check the event [[Scripting_Events|ON CLIENTTEXT]].

h1. GUI (Graphical User Interface)

# Statusbar;
# Themes manager;
# Improved search bar with support for regular expressions (regex);
# Unread messages counter on treebar windows;
# Customizable nick list buttons;
# Custom colors and style for links;
# Treebar nicklist;
# Server list manager with support to connect more than one network at once on startup;
# Parsed Nicklist Tooltips;
# Toggle main window border;
# Topicbox;
# Friendly themes colors customize;
# Custom icons everywhere, to any kind of window;
# Custom fonts everywhere;
# Quick connect popup, check [[/quickconnect]];
# Fully customizable window titles, not limited to [[/titlebar]];
# Several monitoring panels (channel messages, url catcher, pm, highlights, notices, notify list, dcc transfers, etc);
# Toggle the auto focus editbox (selected text in chat area keeps selected);
# Toggle Menubar icon visibility;
# Toggle buffer scrollbars visibility;
# Custom colors and font in tray Tips;
# Toggle mute to events sounds;
# Fake transparent windows (uses desktop wallpaper as background);
# Search field on /options;
# Dockable interface to any side of screen;
# Optional Nick Column (right aligned nick with draggable divider);
# A more friendly scripts editor;
# Most GUI elements are DPI-aware;
# GUI translation support. Check out how to collaborate in www.getlocalization.com/AdiIRC/.

For a more deep list of changes, check the active "changelog":http://adiirc.com/changelog.php and the "release notes":http://adiirc.com/notes.php.