Thank you for your interest in quIRC.  You will find 
that quIRC has features not found in any other client 
like ways to connect to others on the net directly 
without IRC and group DCC chat.  Yes you can invite a 
group of people to DCC chat in private, yet to everyone 
in the group it looks like your in a IRC channel.

There are two versions of quIRC. The standard version 
which supports simple one line scripting and is addiquate 
for 99% of all users.  The Java enabled version is for 
scripters and allows complete customization using the 
JavaSofts JDK (Java Development Kit).  Don't download the 
Java version unless you want direct access to the IRC 
messages and would like to use this powerful feature to 
create sophisticated scripts like IRC bots. 

The files in this directory are:

ReadMe.txt 		This file
quIRC541s.exe		The standard version of quIRC
quIRC541s_Java.exe	The Java enabled version of quIRC
help541.exe		A help file for quIRC

If you want to write scripts in Java then down load the 
JDK version 1.1.7 at http://www.javasoft.com/products/ 
and read the help file under "Commands and Scripts" and then  
the section on the "Java Programing Interface". You can 
try the version JDK 1.2 beta but this has not been tested 
with quIRC and I don't know if the JRE that is included 
with the  download is fully compatible.  I'd rather wait 
until they remove the word "beta" from it.

Version 542 is due out soon. See the web page development 
log for a discription of upcoming enhancements.