That's a good question! In addition to CSS tweaks, I am finding having a button there is nice, and the links to people's profiles cannot be clicked on now (which I only know how to do through Javascript).
these are fair points, but frankly i have never needed to upload a file to facebook or use a group chat, and i have never seen a facebook sticker but i would probably find them distracting. i use bitlbee+irssi because it is the least distracting way in which i can consume facebook chat to communicate with people on their platform.
Totally makes sense! Yeah, this app isn't for everyone. I am personally very regularly in many active facebook group chats and love the stickers. To each their own.