Looks great!
I think this would be a good time to add Eileen's "Add icons to posts" (not the real name I guess. That box that lets you add smiles and so) hack. Seems to me the latest changes are focused to making the board more user friendly and that's a feature that makes them usable (i have been here for a long time and I only remember how to add a []/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/] ...)