I'm glad you point this out Brazen.   The aforementioned interface change would be more than welcome both in ease of use and design.   Here's to hoping that Stardock takes this to heart.   The fact that the friends' list and room information (presumabley connection info as well) would be constantly displayed in addition to the constant chat lobby without the need to open/close constantly, and with easy to use tabs to move through while talking via private message would be a huge addition to the online interface.  

     While I believe that the designers at Stardock went for an open clean feel with the available utilities via shift + tab and window movement/flexibility....I would readily welcome this change.   Presumabley there would be less interface lag and it would be much easier to handle multiple private messages and lobby chat at one time.  

     I can easily see how this would provide easier to deal with utility in multiplayer and believe that it would strengthen the community as a whole within the game.

Also, there is a "Edit Profile" button that allows you to modify things like your location, your favorite demigod and connection info.

It would also display non-modifiable things like record of win/loss, clan information, etc.

When you right click a person in the lobby room list (ie. Brazen) it would give you the option to invite them to your game, or view their profile, or open up a private chat.

It would be great if these things could be added too.

Looks like you spent some time on this, but I think that a majority of this functionality is already built into the impulse client (ala Shift-Tab). I do like the "Room List" but I think that comes down to creating a new IRC room to join manually to check with and sync it up with the status of the player.

Good job though, I wouldn't mind having that functionality built into the client itself.