well i know what IRC or MSN or whatever your using is, but none of my freinds use them. I use aim to chat and share pictures, and it works just fine.
the sig is a screenshot from Sol Grotto. the gradient is probably a passing wave. nothing i can do about that.
stefan, alpha channels in v3? Do you mean something like partial transparency built into the image, sort of like active anti-aliasing? if that is the case then this is interesting...
i defenitely have use for this.