[Onno Kreuzinger]

hmm also i consider irc to be much too dangerous and to be honest after some days in the irc i stoped autologin at startup, since 90% where ppl. screaming for help, but this was even more work than in the board, because the ppl then totaly stop reading on their own. they just scream
"help help im a noob help".

they blantly refuse to read and are generaly not very nice, nor productive. so having IRC for a small chat or quick discussion is a plus, but hosting a channel leads to more work which will only work with volunteers willing to spend most of the time with people too lazy to even try to help themselfes, not what i exactly dream of to do im my rare sparetime...