Hi Lurker,
rat is very busy with coding, luckily
but sooner or later he'll look into adding a class here and there. Please have some patience, I myself don't dare asking him at the moment
Concerning your question for a time filter when searching the boards: Large ranges can lock the forums until the search is complete. We can't change this, it's part of the forum software. I'd rather keep it like this.
Since I didn't bring you any positive news so far: I'll look into allowing bigger avatars
