Has the forum's software been upgraded? I noticed a new search bar at the top of a thread to search, and when I recieved a PM from a member a small pop up window appeared to notify me of this.
I guess you could have missed the PM pop-up window if you had a pop-up blocker enabled... it tends to get blocked by them. However, the search box has always been there [)] ]'>
Who said anything about you getting to discuss it? All changes made to the forum are discussed by the moderation team...
My personal view on the matter is that it'll probably stay disabled. If someone's comments are not worth the time it takes to go to the posting page, I doubt they're going to contribute a whole lot to the thread [}] ]'>
To be honest(yes, I know my opinion does not enter into anything) I think the forum is fine the way it is. We do not need extra crap to load it down. It is nice and fast and fine.