Which MU* telnet clients are still popular?

Alzie

@Arkandel I think you mean beipmu wins the ghetto award. Can't believe people use it.

Woragarten

BeipMu had the merit of being an incredibly small program. It fit on a diskette and had room left for text files which made better than raw telnet at work.

Derp

I just use Potato. I used to use MUSHClient. SimpleMU was before my time. From my understanding, it's nearly impossible to get the full version anymore.

Alzie

@Derp said:

it's nearly impossible to get the full version anymore.

Welcome to the Internet, you must be new.

Derp

@Alzie said:

@Derp said:

it's nearly impossible to get the full version anymore.

Welcome to the Internet, you must be new.

Hey, I'm not saying that I have any personal experience with SimpleMU. Again, it was before my time. I'm just citing others who've said that it's nearly impossible because of something something can't buy the activation code, or whatever. I'm sure there are ways around
that, depending on who you know, or whatnot, but just getting it without the benefit of someone pointing you toward whatever secret trove there is out there has been noted as being difficult.

Three-Eyed Crow

I have a key that still works every time I need to reinstall on a new computer (it's from 2002, first thing I ever bought with a credit card). I've sent it to friends, and it works for them. Lots of folks I know with registered versions of SimpleMU will do the same, if they have the key laying around.

It IS admittedly impossible to get it by actually buying it now, and you will never receive one if you try.

Insomnia

I use SimpleMu when I'm on Windows, and Mukluk when I'm on my Android.

SG

@Three-Eyed-Crow What does the key actually do? I've found the trial version to be everything I've needed it to be.

Roz

@SG The biggest draw I know of that folks have is the live spell-checker.

TNP

I used the unregistered version for a very long time. I have to admit, the spellchecker is nice to catch my typos.

Monogram

I use Potato. I like it, it reminds me a lot like SimpleMU. And I would go back to that if it was ever updated, but that seems pretty unlikely.

Three-Eyed Crow

@SG said:

@Three-Eyed-Crow What does the key actually do? I've found the trial version to be everything I've needed it to be.

The inline spellcheck is the main thing, yeah. You get other odds and ends but they tend to be things other clients have as standard now anyway (like the built-in Notepad-like Text Editor).

Griatch

Good replies, thanks. I was not aware SimpleMU was still such a commonly used client.
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Griatch

Arkandel

@Monogram said:

I use Potato. I like it, it reminds me a lot like SimpleMU. And I would go back to that if it was ever updated, but that seems pretty unlikely.

What features does Potato have that SimpleMU doesn't?

Three-Eyed Crow

It's modern and the developer seems pretty responsive. Which is a big enough deal for me that I'd like to support it, even if it's not perfect.

Also, the stuff on this chart, though a lot of this is stuff I don't notice as a casual user.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_MUD_clients

Roz

@Arkandel said:

@Monogram said:

I use Potato. I like it, it reminds me a lot like SimpleMU. And I would go back to that if it was ever updated, but that seems pretty unlikely.

What features does Potato have that SimpleMU doesn't?

It can handle https links.

Arkandel

Alright, fair enough. That's an important feature.

SG

@Roz said:

What features does Potato have that SimpleMU doesn't?

It can handle https links.

I'm sold. Fucking outlook popup. I don't even have outlook installed!

Thenomain

I'm afraid that I couldn't stand Potato. It seemed to me to try and stuff too many features while fleshing too few of them out. I liked the features that it has, but since I have Atlantis, I can't see wanting anything else. (Much @Sparks love, always.)

TMG

Copy and paste out of the Mac - that's why Potato annoys me. That and the dual-entry text fields - but I know most folks love that. I always, always, on every launch, switch it to single field.