When comparing Shout vs Imagus, the Slant community recommends Imagus for most people. In the question“What are the best Firefox add-ons?” Imagus is ranked 13th while Shout is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Imagus is:
Plenty of settings which can be customized, and reviewing them is currently the best way to learn about what the extension is capable of.
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Pros
Pro Always connected
Unlike most other web IRC clients, Shout will stay connected even when you close the browser. It will allow you to see conversations that happened while you were away.
Pro High customization
Plenty of settings which can be customized, and reviewing them is currently the best way to learn about what the extension is capable of.
Pro Free
There is no limitation.
Pro Cross platform
Available for chrome and firefox.
Cons
Con Lacks searchable history
Con No native apps
It's only available as a webapp.
Con Doesn't manage presence
Users have to manually set away messages or away nicks to notify other users that they are not currently available.
Con Pressing escape will disconnect you
Con Can't send files
You can only share links to files, no way to share files directly between users.
Con This service isn't available.
in the browsers Chrome and Firefox
