Thanks for taking the time to respond to my post Charles: I know you're busy with the new version and I appreciate you taking the time to clue the rest of us in!!!
I agree with Medar -you're cutting functionality that most people don't use. I like the idea of being able to control those functions globally anyway -on a busy board limiting the number of posts per page would be a good thing. Making the size of text entry boxes global (not user selectable) would help from a design standpoint and could also reduce the load on the database, since you wouldn't have to make a query to determine the user's preferences...
Combining the posting templates is GREAT news! It will make it easier for me to "rearrange the furniture" <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Pretty cool that you are moving toward total separation of PHP and HTML script -well done!!!
Being able to control what template is used for a specific forum would be excellent! I'd be able to fine tune the look of different forums for different uses...
BTW: I was updating my mod list today and realized just how easy it is now to add and remove moderators and to control what they have access to. WELL DONE!!!