I very much agree with that viewpoint, although adding a Rich Text Editor wouldn't hurt or change the basic function or layout of the site. It would make posting a lot less tedious, though.
John Robinson is the tech guy (that's his screen name, too) and he, I'm sure, would be open to your suggestions.
Again, I am not an insider. I'm just blathering my own experiences here on FR. It is a great site, accomplishes what it intends to accomplish and my vote is for the slow, evolutionary approach and not a revolutionary "upgrade" that doesn't improve fundamental communications abilities.
Even then, I agree that a nice editor would be an improvement if they can work it out. And fix the search, like others have suggested.
Gosh, I post some pretty involved table graphics with music linked and have no problem. I've not seen another forum setup that I like as well, guess I'm just used to doing the html and don't understand what I'm missing?
One thing I like is it is easy to freep on an iPhone. It is tough to post on forums that have wysiwyg editors, and impossible to use Flash based forums on it. Simplicity has it’s advantages (freeping on iPhone now).