I think I'm one of the most critical critics of most of the startups here, but I love mibbit. When I'm stuck in my C++ work, I click my mibbit button, it auto connects me to the channel and I ask the question. And intelligent informed answers come immediately. That's the real value of mibbit - not the IRC per se, but the ability to use it to instantly get a reply to a specific problem. Consider that in your plans for expansion.
Thanks for the feedback. That has been the driving force so far, to keep things dead simple, and just have the rich feature set there if people want to delve further.
My own usage is mainly to go ask questions etc - one of the great strengths of IRC is getting help, so any features that help people get there are always on my mind - integrated pastebin etc...
Feel free to mail me if you have any ideas/gripes.
