Yeah it would be handy :)
You can expect to see a lot of new features on the forum in the future.
@CrushedPixel has designed this website from the ground up, and in doing so also learnt a lot about web development. He has done a great job so far, and from the way I know him he won't just leave the forum as it is. It is already highly polished but he has a ton of vision and drive ;)
So stay tuned, in a the near future the forum will have more features, once the time becomes available to work on it.