And there aren't other IRC programs out there? I know mIRC is the best (personal opinion) and is the most widely used, but anyone using other programs are probably still going to see the mode and the autojoin on those may work fine as well.
Just one thing, though... if the key is a * and someone is an op (ie. would be able to see the key if there was one), then seeing a * there would indicate that the * is the actual key.
Anyhow, I don't know. It just seems strange to me. Btw, there is a VERY large number of users who would know what +k means. It just doesn't seem like you do anything except to make things a challenge for n00bs.
