Instead of /talk being a list of Unread Posts how about a time sequential list of all New Posts, when you have visited the post the link changes colours but stays in its sequential order as per the old forum?
I am still finding the Forum deathly slow:Going from page to page in a multipage post.Responding to a postGoing to Rich Text Formatting
Visual Elements still keep disappearing (Chrome & FF)The Like button (which I like by the way)The double arrow button to take you to the end of a multipage post
Generally the look and feel seems impersonal to me like the Adobe Forums.
The body copy default could be a bit bigger for those of us with glasses