The following list (which will grow with time) contains the items I have already decided upon and, in some cases, started coding for the next version. These are in no order of relevance.

1. Changed the routine for the popup Info/Version boxes to one more rugged. (Done)
2. Bring the ‘View Member Profile’ into a popup instead of a page refresh. (Done)
3. Turn First/Last post column in forums/topics into their respective links. (Done)
4. Show topic post count in the Link Post message on the blog post. (Done)
5. Expose permalink for manual editing. (Done)
6. Option: Use Lightbox to display thumbnails in posts. (Done not fully tested)
7. New Member - first visit - display profile form and prompt them to change their password. (Done)
8. User Info on Posts show their online status. Also added location and registration date to profile. (Done)
9. Option: Allow moderators to remove posts from new post list (Admin view). Done
10. Login now re-directs correctly to last page viewed. (Done)
11. A Member who is not logged in can not post until they login. (Done)
12. Members can opt to use the ‘Quicktags’ editor overriding default. (Done)
13. Support for the Democracy plugin in forum posts. (Done not fully tested)
14. Improved Notification Messages. (Done)
15. Option: Turn off spam math for Members. (Done)
16. Option: Allow Image file uploading to server. (Done)
17. Improved (TinyMCE) editor handling of new lines. (Done)
18. Forum menu moved from ‘Manage’ to it’s own top level. (Done)
19. On-line popup help for Admin Options. (Done - not written yet though!)
20. Improved Signature Line display to help with images. (Done)
21. Private Messaging. (In Development)
22. ‘Permalink’ forum url’s. (Done)
23. Check for plugn updates. (Done)
24. Email Overrides and New User Email setup. (Done)
25. Reporting suspect/questionable posts to admin. (Done)
26. New Install and Upgrade model adopted. (Almost Done)
27. New Template Tag - Forum Statistics. (Done)
28. New and Flexible User Group and Permissions system. (Done)

I am also completely re-writing all of the forum rendering code. This is partly to optimise wherever possible but by packaging it up into smaller routines it is more readable. I am also considering making them ‘pluggable’ which means each and every routine could be totally replaced by a different user-written one. Any comments for or against this would be interesting to hear.