Aye, it looks like a good idea. I'm more than familiar with how daunting it can be trying to navigate a large forum, and this will help point people to the good discussion points, and allow people to advertise interesting things which might have otherwise been missed.
Can I ask, while they're messing around with the code, that the musicbanter banner at the top be made a link to the front page? It's a really simple thing to do (I've done it myself before) and it makes things easier for those of us who are used to the banner being a link
