It seems that the code-tag, which I use for inline mathematics, has been removed from the editor. Is that correct?

It surprises me to see that the output of what you suggest has an explicit 1 in front of x, as if Maple does not know that 1*x is x. It looks a bit non-Maple'ish to me. But it works, as you claim.

Does that also happen if you log out before closing the browsers?

I reckon that closing the browsers without first logging out leaves the sessions at the server hanging for some time before they are removed by some garbage collection.

It seems that "My recent posts" now shows only the threads which was initiated by me. As I recall, earlier "My recent posts" showed all threads to which I had contributed any post. Is that change intentional?

The maple tags were intentionally put there to render a nice image of a matrix instead of the maple code itself. So although the nothingness has disappeared, it is not what I would like to see, sorry.

I have just downloaded and installed Firefox 2. The problem in IE is not present here.

A cheese is eating away, or so it seems, of an old post of mine: why is there now a big nothingness in that post?

Now, it seems correct.

Under your recalculation my total points rose to 700 points - what a pitty being back at around 350 :-).

Hopefully, this is an answer to your question :-).

I'm (as usual) clicking on the link in the title column.

The total points does not match the sum of points at the "Points information"-page. That surprises me, because how is that sum otherwisely calculated?

No, I'm just (as I'm used to) clicking on the "recent posts" link under the Navigation panel. I'm using Internet Explorer 6.0 (a bit old, I know, but it suits me: if something works don't fix it).

I agree.

And continuing, for a more compact "Recent posts" list I would appreciate a smaller font.

I just edited and resubmitted a post of mine, and down went my points. As a result, the total points is no longer the sum of points given at the "Point information"-page.

A minor issue: When I enter a forum topic from the "Recent posts" I am automatically send down to the input window of the editor, so I have to scroll up the page to start reading the thread.