I likewise greatly appreciate your efforts, Muerte, and will be installing your new hack as soon as I get back to my main box where the FTP program is.
I still share Devin's desire for a better model of post icon management, however. (At the very least, if someone at least could explain to me how to get each new post icon group to start on a new line, I would greatly appreciate it, because I've looked at the files in question and just can't figure it out.)