Why is it when I type “Free Irc” on Google the first 10 links are all Mirc and yet when I go to their website and download the software I then realize that it is a trial version. No wonder why they claiming to have a “Zillion” Downloads. The last time I checked there was a term for trial software: It is called Shareware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware) not Freeware.
This is really Misleading and people out there should be aware of that.
Here is the software that we use when we want to use IRC chat and they are “FREEWARE” not shareware.
1. DMDirc (This is what we use)
http://www.dmdirc.com/en/
2. Firefox (Chatzilla)
3. Opera
Other Interesting Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients