Snak
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Snak (Danish for "chat") was a shareware Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client written by Kent Sorensen for the Macintosh platform.<ref name="the book of irc">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="irc hacks">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="mac os 9 the complete reference">Template:Cite book</ref> Snak was distributed as shareware and could be freely used and evaluated for 30 days at no charge.<ref name="irc hacks" /> After the 30-day evaluation period has ended, the program would quit after 15 minutes of use, and a registration key had to be purchased. Versions up to 4.12 run on both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X while version 5 and newer only support Mac OS X. The program is Intel Only as of version 5.3.4. The program is not fully compatible with current macOS versions<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is no longer supported, with the developer stating that he is unable to create new versions due to the deprecation of the Carbon libraries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On October 10, 2018, Snak was made freeware with a license key published on the project's web site.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Features
Snak supports an unlimited number of connections and channels,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> private chats, as well as full DCC support for file transfers and chat. It can be scripted with AppleScript and the ircII scripting language.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Snak features an Actions list which makes it easy to automate responses to many common events on IRC.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Snak includes the ability for multiple panels to share the windows. A panel can contain a channel, a dialog with another user, a list, or information about a DCC file transfer. This results in an effective use of the screen space and improves the ability to follow multiple channels. A panel can be moved from one window to another by dragging the title bar or the panel tab.
Although limited support UTF-8 support has been included since version 5.1.5 (released 2006-09-23), as of December 30, 2014, full UTF-8 support is still lacking (promised for "the next major version").<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Reception
Jason Parker, Assistant editor for Download.com, wrote for CNET Reviews on May 26, 2005, "If you want a great IRC chat client for Mac, Snak is hands-down the best in the category."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>