Hey,

This is just a suggestion and may the people please comment also.

For the new forum:
Not to make it feel like a jail. What do I mean by that?.

I mean that your only limited to pretty much the basics. viewing posts, making a topic and viewing profiles. no interacting,etc.. <- that is very bad, and people come to community forums to discuss,interact,and become friends and get to know each other... etc ..

So please, don't make the new IPB feel like the forum is locked with little features.

Thank You.

Do you have any suggestions on how to avoid the locked jail feel?

Hey, friends is a standart functionality. All other things could be done via hooks/mods, for example - social groups, community games, user moods and so on.