Forum improvements?

[Christophe Mineau]

Hi,
Unlike Hots, I do like the "thanks" feature, it is all what did the success of facebook !
It's cool to see that someone is in line with what you posted, even if he had not the time to write a full answer, and sometimes the "well done, cool, great ..." one line answers are not really usefull. (But I respect your opinion, and maybe it could be enanced with some well choosen emoticons ?)

I have only one suggestion for the moment : the [IMG] tag, it would be a good enhancement if we had a size optional attribute on it.

For the concern of the language, like says Hotz, I think it is really the limiting factor.
On the French forums, I sometimes make reference to my tools here, but people always complain about English.
On my Web site, I do everything in two languages, but it is a lot of work ...
Maybe you could think about how embedding some Google translation features, like a button to choose the reading language, like does Microsoft.
For the post, I don't know, maybe a tool box for people who want to post in their native language and that could post into English for them...
(I know that what I'm saying here is a challenge, but it would be a great differentiator).

For the rest, I must admit that the HMT forum is already probably technically the best made I have ever met, with lots of little features not commonly seen on other PhpBB based forums.
Interesting also to know the reverse side of the thing, who should we thank for that ? (Jon and Ken for sure, but do you develop by yourselves ?)

Christophe

Edit, I'm thinking about one last question/suggestion : why aren't there any date information in the database : date of introduction in the encyclopedia, date of initial post ?