This page is here just so you can have an idea of how things can look like without trying it for yourself. It highlights one of the key features of the client: display filters.
The following screen shots do not represent the default format, but my own.
How #EU-Opers looks to me:
I hide a few things such as joins, and modes, but I can see all of it by pressing ESC-2:
Finally, for the purpose of this page, I was ignoring Desp, but I can see what he said by pressing ESC-3:
I can easily search for a word in the lastlog:
It's possible to see the real traffic from the server: