i think it can be a feature that can be removed, comparing abortion to w3t is just to much of a stretch. it was a feature that might have been used more in the past when it was introduced. but i think that most users are comfortable with the way that most bbs boards that they visit have the post headers to the side. whatever it takes to speed things up i am all for it.
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