Hi Becker!
Nice to see you here!
About the layout - Godx is no designer!
He is open for suggestions - perhaps a drawer have some ideas?
The layout will change in the next versions...
You find some basic commands here:
http://www.newircusers.com/ircchat.html
We are working on a guidance which we will post here, about PEERanha and IRC!
The last question is a good question...
I will ask Godx about this!
Thanks for your reply!
Morgwen