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the respect/ Kudos exists, it's called a MOD called "ultimate points", but you can name them whatever you choose, and the ACP theming is arbitrary, and if done wrong, could endanger the board

there are themes in which you can minimize categories, Black Pearl and Rainbow Pearl both (the two are also ...

I agree with nn-, too much information in such a small space, it's (one of) the reason(s) that phpbb does so much better than SMF, among other things, SMF just crams to many bars and whatnot in one space, and makes it look a little stupid
meanwhile, why do this as a default? you can already do this ...

I suppose we could record siggy changes as "statuses" or something of the sort. . .

not that we really need them, but the trend of the Internet is statuses, even small networks like armor games hae a system of statuses, maybe if phpBB had them, users new to forums would have an easier time understanding what does what, just a suggestion. . .

what do we have over everyone else you ask?
I'd say we have these things:
Prosilver style derivatives look great, simple yet sophisticated
Cpanel Autoinstall, only SMF can say the same, and I find their setup annoying and confusing
an AMAZING community
versatility
MODs, conversions, all free and ...