I'm not sure if this has been discussed before but I just thought about this...
How about a setup window where you get a chance to mark each forum you wish to have in your default list. Example. Go into your profile. Select the forums you mostly look at. (General, Reloading, M16, ammo, mag forsale, KKF forum, etc) And then save your profile.
Next time you login you only see the forums you selected. No more jumping to EE to view just one forum and then back to the main. If you want to add more, you can just reselect in your profile.
This would be a choice and the main default would be to see all the forums like it is now.
Good idea, lousy, too hard to program, other crap to program first? [:D]