Too little activity in the discussion boards - restore link to support page

I've noticed that there is not as much activity in the forums I visit. Is this malaise all over the boards? If it is, don't you think that re-storing the links to the Discussion Forums (i.e. the ones in the old perfectly acceptable navigational purple menu bar) would help bring in some traffic?
fyi, it's still extremely annoying to be typing a message in the post box and then find suddenly your message is being posted in the subject box because the website moved your cursor while you were already typing in the box where you put your cursor.
And I don't know why my "OS" has vanished even though it was set in my profile.

Hi Marlinespike!
To me, the forums for the new iPods (and from what I've seen of the new Leopard forums) are exploding with activity. (A lot of topics, though, seem to surround specific features, what you don't like about the product, what could make it better, lots of controversy, etc. which seems to happen every time a new product or version of something comes out, but not neccessarily after it's been released for awhile).
Of course, neither of those two (new iPods and Leopard), though, compare to the wild activity and arguments that broke out in the infamous iPhone pre-release fora.
Still, I'm sure that other forums of older products/software, like iBook, previous iLife versions, etc. (which don't have much hyped up interest these days) have slowed down lately, like you've said. I agree, adding a direct link to AD from the Support website would probably pick up activity in some of the other categories.
I remember when they added a link to AD a little while back (not a tab at the top, but a link in the middle of the main Support page, which actually is still there today). There was some increased activity, it seems.
By the way, y'all can directly send your Support website feedback to the appropriate people through this page:
Apple Support - Suggestions
-Kylene

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