so there are some channels with people, this are the chatrooms.
And then you need a buddylist.
Dunno if mirc is offering this, because the users can change theier nic and there is no row or tab or windwo, whre you can add a buddy and where it is indicated, that there is your buddy online.

THIS is the thing mirc needs. Of COURSE needs mirc development, the whole Instant messenger market is boosting.

We need a Instant messenger Function in Mirc.

So would be nice to use waste to ask users in mirc for thier waste key and you can add them to the buddylist tab window.

You can connect to them, if the mirc-server is showing the IP of them is online.

But do not make it wiht a new programming because it has to be like the waste method: it is decentral, uses the mirc servers onyl for bootstraooing and finding the ip adress of the buddy and then itis a priovate chat from ip to ip without an intermediate server.

this is a chatfeature mirc should add.

Then in 10 years, if the buddies are stabel, you can add telephony or videochats to them.

Direct from ip to ip, without intermediate pay.

see www.skype.com

The market development is much quicker than mirc.

so the step into a buddylist feature like waste offers is needed for mirc.