I am a new member in registration only as I have been reading your pages since my best friend BusMaster007 had signed on and found interesting posts and I really enjoy your forum's so I too joined.
From my perspective I don't see any changes except that if not signed in, checking the forum pages all have a notice - can't locate the URL and to contact the administrator.
Is this to keep out the public?
I know that you are doing all you can to improve our site and much of it we can't see, yet on both our pc's, one DSL and one dial up at 56k, the pages often take a long time to load still.
Also I am sure that I am not the only one that doesn't appreciate the use of cookies, so if they are really not necessary for full functionality of registration or use, could we do without them?
I have even logged on and then shut off cookie use and tried to go to other pages with your cookies already on board and I am not recognized so that won't work either.
So GoatBoy, there is my .223 cents worth, glad you at least read our posts, many boards could care less.
Thanks, Wiley ol' Prospector

PS. How about a larger message board field?