Bump! WetWired has worked quite a bit on the portal project, which I haven't had time to be involved in for a long while now.
Anyway, here is a list of the suggested features, arranged by myself based on how important I regard them as:
Very important:
Pre-selected Google search field (Replaces the need for using Google as your start page)
Reviews by members (Games, movies, books)
Useful:
Customizable module layout of portal index
Customizable calendar with personal notes
Easily reachable arcade games
Software downloads
Shipment tracking
Gmail login
User-definable RSS feeds
Torrents
Local weather and news reports
Unnecessary but possibly interesting:
Customizable member profile pages (e.g. username.zelaron.com)
Wallpapers
Customizable stock ticker
Sports ticker
Dictionary
Babelfish translation
Links to funny videos (Or videos in general? Some kind of YouTube integration?)
Links (To general, useful sites)
Available:
Perfect integration with forum database
Portal styles match forum styles
Recent threads
Weekly poll
Wikipedia search
Private messages
Birthdays
Buddy list
Activity bars
Shoutbox
Users online
Community statistics (Member, thread and post amount; newest member)
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