Forum Overload Options

This may sound like whining, but isn't the amount of subforums excessive in proportion to the amount of posts? Isn't it true that "less is more", esp. if it provides simplicity and a "flatter" structure?

The main reason I stopped coming to SMF a while ago was that there were soo many forums and life's too short to go clicking around them in order to find something of interest. Why does every kind of "entity" need its own subforum?

the view new posts link works very well if you have it in favorites

but then all you get a list of threads and you can't check out the links without clicking on them

i want the hover thingy (from that other forum) that shows you the first post in a alt/baloon box

however, the last post link is superb and all forums should be made to use it too

and find a way to make the pages load faster (i'm on dsl and its the slowest forum i go to)

and while you're at it, find a way to be able to eat cookies without weight gain (mmm...so good!)

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