<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
full-featured	O
graphical	O
IRC	O
client	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
open-source	B-Application
and	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPLv2	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
is	O
able	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
multiple	O
servers	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
optionally	O
with	O
SSL	B-Protocol
and/or	O
over	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
supports	O
different	O
encoding	B-General_Concept
for	O
each	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
in	O
tabbed	O
document	O
interface	O
or	O
multiple-windows	O
mode	O
for	O
channels	O
and	O
queries	O
,	O
or	O
just	O
as	O
detached/independent	O
windows	B-Application
for	O
specific	O
channels	O
or	O
queries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
supports	O
a	O
customizable	O
color	O
set	O
and	O
a	O
flexible	O
engine	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
define	O
different	O
colors	O
for	O
GUI	B-Application
elements	O
and	O
IRC	O
messages	O
and	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
customizable	O
graphically	O
rendered	O
emoticons	B-Protocol
,	O
provides	O
a	O
highly	O
configurable	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
includes	O
a	O
mechanism	O
to	O
add	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
it	O
offers	O
a	O
message-highlight	O
plugin	B-Application
and	O
has	O
several	O
more	O
on	O
its	O
download	O
page	O
,	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
author	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
9	O
runs	O
on	O
all	O
Windows-versions	O
from	O
7	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
7	O
runs	O
on	O
all	O
Windows-versions	O
up	O
until	O
and	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
7	O
runs	O
under	O
Wine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Vanderzee	O
tells	O
on	O
his	O
site	O
's	O
history	O
page	O
that	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
was	O
available	O
back	O
in	O
July	O
2000	O
and	O
was	O
called	O
sIRC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
version	O
,	O
VClient	O
was	O
released	O
back	O
in	O
July	O
2001	O
and	O
soon	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
Version	O
2	O
in	O
October	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
version	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
April	O
2002	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
support	O
emoticons	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
came	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
4	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
2003	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
support	O
scripting	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
version	O
,	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
5	O
,	O
was	O
co-written	O
with	O
another	O
developer	O
,	O
IRBMe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
True	O
to	O
the	O
client	O
's	O
history	O
,	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
6	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
already	O
in	O
the	O
works	O
in	O
May	O
2004	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
re-write	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
made	O
to	O
be	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
,	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
7	O
was	O
born	O
in	O
March	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
5	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
re-design	O
of	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
release	O
of	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
7	O
came	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
and	O
the	O
latest	O
build	O
,	O
v7.80	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
,	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
9	O
,	O
is	O
again	O
a	O
brand	O
new	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
development	O
started	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
using	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
4.52	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
's	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
moved	O
from	O
CodePlex	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
offered	O
as	O
a	O
portable	B-Application
edition	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
download	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
