when are we going to be able to perform searches of the threads? 

months ago. 

In order of priority:

1. search
2. poll capabilities with percent's
3. ability to post images in screenshots thread only (automatically shrunk to thumbnail size and linked to image url)
3. quote archive (a'la quotes.fov120) 

4. Replace Planetquake/Fileplanet 

1. Searching would be nice
2. Polls are just silly.
3. Clicking links is fine.
3. (err, just following the established syntax) You already have quotes.fov120.com.
4. PlanetQuake is fine on their own, but replacing FilePlanet is a good idea. 

Number 4, which I meant to be number 5, was mere sarcasm. I wasn't so sure about polls either, but maybe it could be useful. As far as screenshot thumbnails.. I think it's nice to get a preview of what we're about to look at.. instead of potentially wasting time with (potentially) big screenshots that (potentially) suck...

But oh well, they were just suggestions and not wishes. Except for 1. 

Polls are worthless and counter-productive of the 'discussion' nature of our site. If someone has something to say about the topic, they can come out and say it and express their feelings rather than choose a generic option.

Autothumbnailed screenshots is a waste of the site's bandwidth, user's bandwidth, and will also add unneeded complexity to the site's code. Wouldn't tons of thumbnails in that thread waste more of your (and everyone else's) time than clicking on a few 'shit' screens? Let's just stick with links, mmkay? But on that note, I do wish we could have proper link codes to do [a http://www.doodie.com] link to doodie! [/a] instead of just posting urls.

RPG and you're own suggestion answered point 3. Why do another archive when one already exists?

If you want to replace Planetquake/Fileplanet, I suggest you pony up the money and the time to do it yourself. 

Actually, php makes auto-thumbnailing images really easy.

Seems like everything in php is pretty easy or pretty hard, there isn't a lot of middle ground. 

I hate you though :D 

my suggestion would be to have links open in a new window - I get a bit miffed when I'm linked to some interesting site, like a photo archive, and I eventually surf so far that I have to reopen one or other of the sites in a new window myself. I also agree with Scampie about the link code.
Everything else is quite spiffy metl, in a func_tional sort of way.
Of course, you can never have too many smileys... 

I wasn't complaining, Metl's done a damn fine job here. They were merely ideas, and if anyone were in agreement (not), cool.

Although, Kell, hold down [SHIFT] and click a link. 

I usually right click --> Open in new window 

but what youre failing to take into account is that Im a lazy git
see? I didnt even punctuate that sentence :/ 

test test 

urls starting with "ftp://" will now become clickable just like ones that start with "http://" do. 

test 

was it really that simple? 

yay!