This is great! Thanks a lot Reggie! It looks like it does not conflict with threads I've already subscribed to, which is great. I would personally love to see "Active Topics" replaced with threads from my subscribed-to forums, but that might be harder.

BTW, it just occurred to me that another similar workaround that is already in place is forum-specific RSS feeds. Instead of subscribing to, say, five forums I can create five RSS feeds. Then, instead of going to t.m.o. to look for new posts, I would go to my RSS reader for new posts.