ER Waiting Room

[Hunter]

while the forums are undergoing surgery, let's discuss.
here's a few questions to get us started:

1. Thoughts on the forum background?
2. What's your favorite thing so far from the upgrade?
3. Least favorite?
4. What would you like to have changed?

my answers:

1. kinda large but nice-ish; would prefer simpler. most of it is hidden anyway.
2. realtime profile post update sidebar
3. goddamn alert bubble is so easy to miss
4. more customization, like user titles and hiding signatures. also disabling smilies

try and reply to at least one other post (unless you're first) to get conversation going.