Anyone likes the fact this forum can be fully usable without even needing javascript on? It's just basic as hell and it just works. I also like the idea that emails aren't really relevant so if you lose your email nothing wrong will happen.
Sure it could improve certain things but I wouldn't change stuff to lose simplicity. For example im trying out bitcoin.com forum and it's annoying trying to browse unless you use all scripts on and a good computer, my poor man computer gets bloated in a thread with a lot of replies.
So please keep simplicity on mind when the forum updates.
I guess the topic needs to be shifted to new forum software(reported). Also, its not like the email is useless over here, email is usually very useful when you forget your passwords(you cannot recover your account now by security question, your account will get locked if you do so).