Can we see first 'n' words of the first post in a thread on mouseover on the title
in the thread list ?? This seems to be a very helpful and handy thing.
Also it would be nice if we could filter out the forums whose topics we do not need
or do not want to see from the aggregated "recent list"
These ideas I saw recently implemented nicely and robustly here
http://www.planetblur.org/beta/index.php?shard=forum&channel=18
In fact it also enables to see the last post on mouseover and even make a quick reply
without entering the thread. At times, it is really helpful when time is quick or detailed
reads are not needed.
Another thing which is really helpful is that in the above forum the list autorefreshes ( without a flicker ) whenever there is any new thread, so that NO manual refresh is needed everytime, and it even has an audio alert that can be put on or off by the user. While doing multiwindow browsing or chatting or even household work ... this is amazingly useful for the user.