Thanks, :)

Could I make this a user-selectable style, so that people who want the old style could choose that, and people who want less scrolling could use the column style?

well, everything can be coded of course :)

all you need would be a custom profile field (yes no) and then change the if conditions, if the forums should be shown in columns or not

Can you give me instructions in detail when you get a chance? If you are really busy I am willing to pay - i would have pm'd that last part to you but you say no pm's in your sig :)

as said create a new custom profile field just allowing yes/no as option, and afterwards open functions_forumlist.php

find:
and change into
replace the xx with the fieldid of your new custom field :)

that's all

Okay, I tried it out, made it a Single-Selection Radio Button with a yes/no selection, put it under 'Edit Options' section in the User CP, and noted the field number, and did the mod in functions_forumlist.php, however now it shows the old way again, and setting the radio button to yes or no doesn't change it.

it's a casesensitive yes or no, maybe there's the problem?

That was it! I made sure the case matched and it worked! Thanks Xenon, you are a true genius!!!

when I use the 'old' layout, the columns and such seem to be a bit off - see screenshot - i notice for example on the mod list, it looks like the mod names are centered now - I dont think they were before. Any idea on how to make the old layout line up a bit more evenly?

glad you could solve it :)

oh yes, i know the second problem :)
i forgot to tell you, that you ahve to manipulate the template forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost as well.

find there
and change it to