Oh right there's that thread too. I was just throwing out ideas when I saw this thread but I didn't know where to post them.
While I'm at it I might as well add another idea. What about announcement for new updates? Currently the client does not actively notify the users that an update is available. So if an update is released while I'm in game, I usually find that out "accidentally" (eg crash) or via forum.
tbh the current #announce is of very little use to a not-so competitive, non-mapper user like myself. And yet it auto opens everytime I log in, which I close immediately. Will be nice to find a better use for it (or make it so a user can choose to have #userlog auto open instead of #announce).