many chats in one window is cumbersome
let's say you have 50 chats and mucs going on, all in one window. in that case it would be very annoying have to go from end to end with those arrows on the side of the tabs. the scrollwheel helps, but still, scrolling fifty times isn't the most pleasant thing...
Im not sure of how this should be fixed though, I only know that this can be a pain. Maybe we could check how Xchat and mIRC handle this, for inspiration?
maybe wrapping the tabs over multiple lines before letting them go out of the screen's width is an idea. DC++ handles it this way and it works nicely. speaking of dc++... if you have too many tabs in dc++, even after wrapping it over three (?) lines, you can press the little arrow on the side and a list will appear (much like the current list at the bottom of the roster for the statuses) with all the other channels you're in. and if /that/ would also go out of range (power user ^^) you could have it spread over multiple columns before making it scrollable.
ok, well, that's just my fifty cents. one thing is sure; the way it is now is gonna be a pain if you are active in lots of rooms / chats.