Heres the scoop on banning and the gui bug.

GUI bug:
I am aware of it and do not know of any fix currently.

Search Bans
The next version will have two lists, a temporary banlist and a permanent banlist. The temp list will not be remembered between sessions and will ultimately have a timer to refresh it. Searches analyzed as floods will default to this list. The permanent list will be just that, it will be saved between sessions. Searches double clicked in the monitor window will default to this list. You will also be able to move searches from one list to the other. Sound good?