Hi, I'm new here, though I've been going to the JSes for a few months now; I'm a friend of EofS and Miguel's from elsewhere on the internet.
And after talking to JC, I've been fiddling with the forum coding a bit. I've tweaked the no text box slightly - it now automatically adds (N/T) to the title and hides the message box and signature when there's no message content.
And in slightly less dull news, I've given you back the ability to have coloured names. Enjoy!
(You can turn them on by logging in and going to settings > coloured usernames.)