About this tag
The comic chat tag brings together coverage of Microsoft’s distinctive 1996 IRC client, which presented conversations as comic-book panels with avatars, speech bubbles, and expressive reactions. The available story focuses on Microsoft open-sourcing the original Comic Chat code on GitHub ahead of the software’s 30th anniversary. It also traces the product’s history from a Microsoft Research project by David Kurlander to Microsoft Chat, where it became the default client for MSN. This archive is a useful destination for readers interested in early internet communication software, Microsoft’s experimental projects, and the preservation of classic Windows-era applications.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Open-Sources Comic Chat, Its 1996 Comic-Panel IRC Client

    Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, its mid-1990s IRC client that rendered chat conversations as comic-book panels with avatars, speech bubbles, and expressions. The release arrives ahead of the software’s 30th anniversary: Comic Chat originally launched on August 13, 1996. As reported by...