A buddy list would be nice so you can see when your chums are online. It could have links to pm them, add/remove from the list or maybe view their most recent posts.
hehe, over in the suggestions / comments forum I posted the who's online idea too ... actually, buddy list might be actually a bit nicer! openoffice + gimp + sketch ...
whahahaha, there is a who's online already in the forum menu bar /// doh ... for some stupid reason I thought it was part of the site ...
hmmm ... how about a buddy bar ... under the forum menu bar, then you could see em pop in and out ! hmmm.... I smell a plugin in here somewhere ... openoffice + gimp + sketch ...