Having used this site for a while now, I'd really like to see it decluttered. One area that needs attention is the static parts of the pages that appear before the discussion posts. Namely, this…
After a few visits this just gets in the way. Can it be minimized or moved to the sidebar? As a regular visitor, it's annoying to have to scroll past this and even the welcome/search portion is a bit too large.
I understand new users need to be introduced to these things and such but maybe these can be collapsible or somehow minimized at a certain user level?