I've posted something along the lines of this before...
http://users.bigpond.net.au/pboy/mircbar.jpg
*note* - That is a fake screen shot, I have merely used photosop to manipulate the screen print for the purposes of the thread.I think it would be great. If you are an op on a channel, the statusbar would be like a tool bar, where you could change things without having to bring the channel info box up (yet still be able to of course). Making it fully optional would be a necessity.
