You run windows XP, but change the interface so it looks like earlier versions.
I don't know about him, but I do because it improves performance.
There is nothing wrong with changing the visual interface. If there was, people wouldn't love the treebar as much as they do.
The treebar was more than just a visual change.
Performance and functionality first .. pretty is dead last.
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Many of you are trying point out distinctions between IM and IRC, as reasons to disagree... These difference in no way limit us to not using an improved interface.
As you pointed out in your other post in feature requests, you
don't want to turn mIRC into bundled IRC and IM, you just want
it to look like IM.
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an improved interface and still be backwards compatible to both scripts and the original interface.
bloat bloat bloat .. and what if most people don't think the
interface needs improving, or can be improved for that matter.
I think it looks perfect just the way it is.