Shoutbox

Just had a lightbulb..

How about IRC formatted chat windows? (as an option, preferably with custom formatting) so instead of;

Annoyingly long lame screename with gimpy song lyric says:
lo
(*!!!)) I R KEWL ))(!!
lo

You have;

<Bob> lo
<Tom> lo

Use custom names for the nicks, and have screen names displayed on the To: line.

With custom formatting for time/style of nick (e.g. |Bob|, (Bob), :Bob:, etc..) would be quite a cool feature

Anyway.. back to schoolwork