I really agree on this. Making a post should be its very own button that is right on the top of the page, very visible. As it is, on my current ubb.threads forums we always get people writing us to ask us how to make posts when the link is right there. If the link is hidden, the volume of email is going to increase dramatically. Never mind that a portion of our visitors are older / have poor vision and if they have to hunt for something, or if something isn't right on the page for a text-reader to find, it's going to cause all sorts of grief.
