[cellarius]

Originally Posted by Revan

I believe these changes, especially if added as options, will be beneficial for those like me, who prefer to have the Social Groups list exactly the same way as any other forum category

As you can see, some of them made it into the new release, some did not. The decision to put the groups into an extra block was made to have some distinction - they are not the same as any other forum, after all. Who wishs to treat them like you do can follow your example - that's what templates are for