Total agreement
I code quite a bit in fact I coded several mods and blocks over the past few years but I never submitted them (apart from one or two I was happy with).
Every thing I do I support else why bother. Which leads me to my next point...
On some pages there are (well lets say) bits of information that are never used or perhaps are not all that useful, yet they take up space.
One such item is the user Rights (at bottom on viewtopics and viewforum pages). You know, the one that says... You <b>can</b> blah blah blah, you <b>can</b> blah blah blah and so on.
I have converted this to a scrolling line (see my test site). You can still see your rights but the info is on one line. The main reason for this is cosmetic but space is becoming scarce.
One other block I don't use is the shout box... Don't see any point in it as I have a real time message line that works better and looks better (IMHO).
Anyway how about a block/mod discussion forum for new mods and blocks we come up with?