OK, agreed. I'm not narrow minded, and I see that the flooding issue could be resolved, possibly with ease as the basic foundation of the flood protection already exists.
However, please refer to my third paragraph for more reasons why I would dislike this feature. To add to that, I would question the size increase of mIRC if this was to be incorporated.
I also believe that once people see "Emoticon support added", even if there was a separate emoticon pack available (as with SSL), mIRC would be laughed at by thousands of current (and ex) users. I just see far too many negative points to this to make it a reality.
Regards,
