I don't know about other users of the site, but one thing I do check regularly when online, is, whose on. You know, that little bit in the bottom left of the main forum page.
With the number of discussion groups that are now up and running you only have to have one or two open and this information disappears and is a long scroll away at the bottom of the screen. You also have to return to the main forum page and repeat the whole scrolling process if you are on a specific forum.
Could this information not be added to the right hand side of the page beneath forum stats. it could then appear on every page and would balance out the ever growing list of forums.
Its only a thought and it might save my R.S.I.
LOL Andy, Bell and Hovis