Generally faster for me, but the stars and smileys are way slow--wish they'd set it up so the graphics cached properly, it shouldn't have to load every single one when they're all just duplicates, that'll kill the server eventually.... :unsure: And personally, php would definitely not have been my language of choice if I were the one redoing the forum... It's got some nice tools for it, but if speed was the main concern, there are better options. But I might be biased, I'm a java programmer at heart