New to Microgaming (Prima) - How to make it playable?

[eurythmech]

Hi, I have played a little on Prima in the past, but that was usually for a single tourney or so, and it was quite a while ago. However, in this month at least, I will be playing quite a bit there. So far I'm having a hard time seeing how I will manage this without going insane.
Are there ways to fix these, my biggest peeves so far:

* The tables are huge, is there a way to strip the right side chat list off at least? (And stop showing "> Dealing Hole Cards(2h 6d )
> ziddax wins 2,100" kind of stuff when I have "chat only" checked)

* The tables steal attention as soon as it's my turn. Who in their right mind would program a software to do this? Let alone keep it in place for 5 years or whatever it might be, and not include an option to remove it?

Thankful for any insightful responses and tips on mods.

[WordWhiz]

Set the table size to medium to get rid of the side chat. I'm not sure about the table popups. I tile my tables with no overlap so I guess I've never noticed it.

[Spacer]

On battlefield there is a table options menu, you can select not to have tables pop up, but to flash orange in the taskbar. You can also hide the casino links there.

[eurythmech]

thanks, I guess this should make the experience somewhat more enjoyable