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When comparing Shout vs Convos, the Slant community recommends Convos for most people. In the question“What are the best self-hosted web IRC clients?” Convos is ranked 2nd while Shout is ranked 3rd.
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Always onlineConvos keeps you online and logs all activity in your archive.
Rich formattingConvos makes the chat come alive with emojis and media displayed inline.
Video chatConvos let's you video chat with a single person or multiple participants.
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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.
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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
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