That's no problem, everyone is entitled to have their own opinion. I mainly went with this option because I really liked how it interfaced with the forums. Doing chat on IRC always gave the impression to me as if it were a different community. In addition I'd imagine more people would have an easier time interfacing with the chat through browser window instead of downloading, installing, opening, and connecting to an IRC channel. I do however understand how it's so much easier to connect to an IRC channel if it's something you're already doing and do a lot.