Is it possible to declutter the screen view?

[Mike Scott]

There are so many icons, rows and columns for extraneous stuff that it is hard to focus on the chat topics. The advertising banners get lost in the clutter as well.

[John]

Check out the Thread Tools and Display Modes links at the top of the message area. You can view it in print mode or various other ways to help cut it down a bit if you are a die-hard like me.