IRC over Socket.IOSource code for proxy server is available at Google Code. It can run at heroku, then you don't need to have your own server.
Direct TCP connection using chrome.experimental.socket is implemented. But it is disabled for web store version because of web store's limitation.
TODO
- http://code.google.com/p/irc-over-socketio/issues/list
History
- 0.9.6 Google Chrome Apps version supporting chrome.socket.
- 0.9.4 Support direct connection uing chrome.experimental.socket. (disabled for now)
- 0.9.3 Support i18n, Bug fixes on tag escaping and nickname changing.
- 0.9.2 Bug fix on handling private message tab.
- 0.9.1 Revert bootstrap revision to fix layout problems.
- 0.9.0 Introduce digest authentication on proxy.
- 0.8.3 Support private messages.