"Of course, the thing I would love the most would
be to *NOT* have to put in a hard return at the
end of every line when typing in a message. ^_~"

I've been wondering about that for a while ^_^;;.
Yann, however you made this board is miles above 
what I'm capable of in programming (can barely 
find my way through cgi *G*), but is that part 
coded in a semblance of 'regular html'?  If so, 
is it missing a 'wrap' in the TEXTAREA code?  
Something like:

[TEXTAREA NAME="MESSAGE" COLS=50 ROWS=15 WRAP="14"]

?  Just a humble thought ^_^;;.

Talia