Logged in on both my Mac laptop and iPhone using Safari. Looks good so far. The only thing close to ads I see are the rotating Tug banners at the top of every page, switching between six different announcements. Clicking the X in the top right of each announcement makes it go away. So it appears now that I'm announcement-banner-free.
Will there be screen color choices and such, as I've seen on other forums? What I see now is pretty blindingly white. Would be nice to select things a little softer, or with more contrast between items. Otherwise, it looks good, so far.
One thing I see that would be nice: In the previous software, new forum thread titles were boldface. After reading the thread, the title was not bold. Made it easy to see what had and hadn't been read, when listing a screen of New Posts. (I usually mark everything Read before leaving, so the next time I visit, all I see are New Posts.) Is there a way to set that again? Currently, there is no difference shown that I see between Read and Unread threads.
Good job, Brian and all. Everybody go take a nap.
Dave