> I have little hope that will work.

   Well, duh.  Remember, you're talking about people who can't design a
_button_ properly.  (Or even steal one from some place where they _can_
do it, like, say, Google.)

      http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/x/x/td-p/5555981


>    Author     Rating     Views

   I find this arrangement particularly entertaining:

      Author      Rating      Kudos      Views      Latest Post      Replies

   Why separate the Author from the Latest Post(er)?  Why separate the
Views from the Replies?  For that matter, something more vertical, like,
say:

      rrrrrr Rating
      kkkkkk Kudos
      rrrrrr Replies
      vvvvvv Views

would waste less space on my display than having separate columns for
each item.  Currently, so far as I can see, all items already occupy at
least three lines, and four lines is pretty common.  (Of course, three
lines would be enough in more cases, if there were more width available
for the Subject.)

   But these are the people who can't reliably stack a ribbon and an
Author, or design a Previous/Next button, so debating the finer points
of efficient page layout may not be the most productive use of one's
time.  The more time I spend looking at this stuff, the bigger the dent
in my forehead, and the more sore my head-shaking muscles get.  And how
many of the complaints here get any kind of response from the folks in
charge (let alone some _useful_ response)?

   But I sure do like my randomly selected 64x36 picture.  (That matters
more to me than being able to post something normally from my VMS
system.)