Since the Shoubox has been stuck in the full-page version for a long time, how about some quality-of-life changes? My suggestion is that it could have an indicator of new messages somehow (not necessarily an event as that would clog the sidebar, I believe), but something like a small number. There's a similar thing beside the Events tab.

I see what you mean, kind of like where the Kumos icon is, but be a number instead showing how many "missed" ones you haven't seen since switching tabs? As much as I like the idea, since the SB only shows like 9 chats a time, maybe like the tab flashes or just the icon (not sure i've seen just an icon flash, but who knows.) But I can see how that could be annoying as well, since sometimes the chat goes so fast, haha..

I do agree though, for some people, the tab kind of gets forgotten..

I really miss the side shoutbox, it was part of what made the site for me. And of course the fullpage version goes so much slower since everyone forgets about it and it's hard to use when you're doing other things.