An Idea

I've spoken about the design with dan a few times and I'm glad he added this, The read recent posts seems almost hidden but it's what I'd want, if you have the choice between 1 click to all new posts or having to go into each section all on 1 page trumps it every time, If the button were more prominent and shouted at you 'click me first!' it would be cool, and also a better idea when you get sent a pm because you have to go over the messages bar in order to see so unless you're looking to send a message it's hard to tell

oooh... i just noticed there is no "YOU HAVE 0 NEW MESSAGES" like in rawcritics.

Go to minecraft.rawcritics.com , there is a nice layout there, especialy the scrolling in-out side bar with search and links.