If the command prefix were not required in the status window, how would you denote a
// when you want the command to evaluate variables/identifiers etc? With just a single
/?
I think it's just a safety precaution that text isn't sent to the server when typed in the Status Window, possibly by mistake. Say you have a bunch of channel windows scattered around, and accidentally type "quit fuc[b][/b]king around with me" in the status window instead of the channel. People might think that you ran off to masturbate or something.

- Raccoon