f you are going to change this in the way maroon proposed, then you may as well also want to grab this opportunity to increase the number of parameters up to like for example $6, as some networks accept more than 3 parameters per MODE. So instead of "$$1 $2 $3", make it "$$1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6". Hell, why not even just "$$1-" and its good forever.
If I recall correctly, this will break on networks that do not support more than three parameters for /mode. That is the reason it has always been limited to three.
To make this work, the numbers of parameters would need to be based on the "MODES" token in the CAP event and would involve a loop to iterate through all of the selected nicks to build multiple /mode requests, eg. if a user tries to op ten nicknames in the nickname list.
The aliases and popups were always intended as simple examples to help users learn about IRC and scripting.
That said, they have not been updated in a long time. If anyone has any ideas on changing the default aliases and popups to make them more useful and/or elaborate, I'd be open to updating them.
