You'll also note however that none of the top networks use it, including DALnet, Quakenet, IRCnet, EFnet, Undernet, GameSurge, UniBG, Rizon or freenode. Such networks account for around 600,000 users, which is well over 50% of the IRC population as a whole.
I'm not passing judgment here, but its general reputation is that it's used by newbies who are more interested in having lots of IRCop powers, silly amounts of channel levels that extend beyond the basic op/voice/halfop and have little or no experience running a server but want to do it anyway. Despite this however, a few of their developers seem to find it enjoyable being rude/arrogant and so it's not a surprise if their opinion isn't greeted with open arms *shrugs*
As for the "bug report", this is absolutely pointless. The Microsoft comparison doesn't really work, because whilst there are plenty of apps which will ask for confirmation before closing, there are plenty that don't. The decision is based on an individual basis (so Word/Notepad/etc quite obviously should ask for confirmation, IE probably shouldn't). In mIRC's case (in my opinion) the behaviour at the moment is quite correct.
Stealth, your opinion is welcomed, please do not relay further messages from the "unrealircd team" if they can't be bothered to register.
Regards,
