Just a few questions,

Any idea when the release is looking? Late 2007 or are we looking at 2008?

I hear they'll be a new skin but I hope Invision let us in on what new features to expect this time because 2.2 ended up a bit of a disappointment for me after how long it took to be released. Hopefully it will be worth the wait (and going on past experiences I'm guessing we'll be in for one)

I'd like to make a request for Invision to not change the ibf_posts table since I've had a nightmare 3 months getting my forum upgraded from 2.1.7 to 2.2.2 :(

Sorry if it's too early to be asking about it, I was just interested since 2.2 has been out for a good few months now.

1- Yes, a new skin...

2-

Personal Topics, is - as the name implies, a feature that allows you to start a topic and invite specific members to participate. It's a bit like a personal message but in a forum topic format.

The movie shows the main features such as the ability for the topic starter (and admins) to remove and ban members from a topic. Each participant can optionally remove themselves from the topic or block it completely.

Expect this feature to make it to IPB 3.0.

http://blog.mattmecham.com/archives/ipd/

bfarber commented on some sort of a hooks system so expect this, they also commented on further developments to the attachment system.