As you can see, there's a new block over on the right called "Recently Commented On" which lists the 20 threads which have the most recent comments. The thread with the most recent activity is on top. This isn't perfect, but it's better - I'm hoping to add a date/timestamp to each link, indicating when that thread last had activity.
Also, I made a handful of tweaks to the CSS to make the site less blocky. Hopefully that helps a little bit. I have a list of some other suggestions that I'm also investigating over on my test site, but I won't roll them all out at once.
I would, however, like to add another theme so that registered users can choose a completely different look if they like. That may take me until Christmas, however.
As for improving the speed of the site, I'm working on that too - it may involve another hosting change. But my speed seems very good, in both IE7 and FF. Would you please comment with how yours has been, and what kind of browser and connection you're using?
Thanks - please keep the suggestions coming, as I really am keeping a list of them and considering them all.
