I wanted to add my belated thanks as well! I only saw this recently (few weeks?) and I'm only getting around to playing with settings now. Many thanks for all the good things you included, and thanks to others for mentioning how you use certain features (lookin' at you in particular, Mister Morgue), because now I think I'll be testing that out, too.
I did want to ask of either Ssieth or anyone with enough JS know-how to give me the fix... is there a way to make it so the "Replies" drop down directs to the first new post, instead of the latest post? With OOC threads or socializing threads, they can be pretty active and I miss an awful lot when it jumps to the last post instead of the newest one. I'm going to keep poking at this, maybe I'll figure it out myself, but if anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it!
EDIT: Quick Topics also seem to be applying the #lastpost hashtag, which doesn't let me link to specific posts.