CentralNotice Microsoft Comic Chat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Microsoft Comic Chat Microsoft Chat version 2.5 Original author(s) Microsoft Developer(s) David Kurlander, Microsoft Research Virtual Worlds Group Initial release August 13, 1996 Stable release 2.5 / March 1999 ; 15 years ago ( 1999-03 ) Development status Discontinued Written in C++ Operating system Microsoft Windows Platform IBM PC Available in Multiple languages [ 1 ] Type IRC clients License Proprietary Microsoft Comic Chat (later Microsoft Chat , but not to be confused with Windows Chat, or WinChat ) 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 l...