Here is a beta version of the traytip application I talked about for notifying you when there is activity on the #rainmeter channel. It only works if you have mIRC running and have joined #rainmeter. It will not work with the Mibbit client (yet).
If you have mIRC running and minimized, it's nice to know when there is activity on the channel so you can jump in if you want.
The regular tray icon for mIRC can be set to "animate" when there is activity, but it has two problems. First, the animation is very subtle and is not likely to catch your eye when you are doing other things. Second, it animates when there is ANY activity on the channel, like people changing nicknames, people quitting the channel, and worst of all the ever present "RainBotty" notifications.
Run RainIRC, and it will hide in your system tray and monitor activity on the channel, popping up a traytip for 5 seconds (click it to dismiss earlier) very simply telling you the name of the person who made a post. It ignores joins and quits, nickname changes and best of all ignores Rainbotty...
RainIRC will ONLY pop up messages if mIRC is "minimized". You don't need constant notifications if you are actually in mIRC using it.
http://www.redirectwebhosting2.com/ghall/share/RainIRC.zip
Just unzip this anywhere and create a shortcut to it or run it directly. No installation required. To exit the program, just right click the system tray icon and select "Exit".
I will be looking at additional features as I get a chance to use it in real life and see where improvements can be made. Any suggestions are welcome.
Written in AutoIt3, will work on XP/Vista/Seven.
