Microsoft Comic Chat

Microsoft Comic Chat
Original author(s)Microsoft
Developer(s)David Kurlander, Microsoft Research Virtual Worlds Group
Initial releaseAugust 13, 1996 (1996-08-13)
Final release
2.5 / March 1999 (1999-03)
Written inC++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
PlatformIBM PC
Available inMultiple languages
TypeIRC clients
LicenseProprietary

Microsoft Comic Chat (later Microsoft Chat) is a graphical IRC client created by Microsoft, first released with Internet Explorer 3.0 in 1996. Comic Chat was developed by Microsoft Researcher David Kurlander, with Microsoft Research's Virtual Worlds Group and later a group he managed in Microsoft's Internet Division.