[The Geek]

No harshness taken Teck.

Just out of curiosity, I did the google search you mentioned.
I suck. Out of 400 results, my site doesn't appear at all. vBSEO appears around after about 70 links (same with photopost). My point being that it isn't as easy as you think to find 3rd party modifications. Regardless, an interesting vote already took place regarding the issue of a commercial directory and if I recall correctly, more wanted it than not.

Regardless...

You ask what I want?

1. To win the EuroMillions
2. To see a directory listing with support, functionality and value ratings.
3. To lose about 76 of the 82 forums here
4. To see a professional modification database complete with bug tracker and FAQ/README wikki.
5. To see people cease demands on people giving their time freely
6. To see 3rd party developers treated more like partners and less like rusty sheriff badges.

I would be happy to forgo all the others if I could at least make off with the first one.

I don't want to see it like the Golden Days because for that to happen you would have to ditch 80% of the members here to move the ratio back to what it was. Since I have as much chance of getting my first wish as I do of ditching 80% of the members here, why go on about it? Move onward and upward.

This site has 2 core demographics: Those that code (or want to code) and those that want to find some free functionality.

The more people code and release stuff here, the more useful the site becomes for users thereby increasing their number out of proportion to the coders. In the future, this will not change, it will become even more out of balance as the users will grow exponentially.

Coders forum

Having a forum for coders is a perk. It's silly and its small, but I guess it's nice. I could care less if it was public or private, however I am going to take a guess that 90% of the members of this site would rather not get their 'new posts' diluted with datamanager discussions because they couldn't give a rats toot about it or coding in general. Therefore look at it as a community service for the masses that it's hidden. If you want in so badly, contribute to the community and release a dancing banana modification. I don't know why the forum is of help to anyone that has never released a modification.