You web designers who never think about those who have slow connections suck.
Then you use JavaScript everywhere and think it's not a security violation, get a clue.
Your page loads slow, takes forever, is cluttered and makes my 1024 X 768 screen effectively 640 X 480 by reducing down the size of the forum to fit your side bars. That forum sucks, this one is cool and gets the information to you without any silly colors and other fluff.