Plus there's no documentation/tips on how to use it.

Like the other user on this page, I also see that this module doesn't work right in IE7. At first it appears, then when I go to another page then return to it, it's gone. My co-worker says if he clears his cache, it returns, but that doesn't help me or our client. Unless your audience members are strictly Mac users, don't use this until there's a fix.

After installing the component just so I could get the SMF ajax poll to work, my SMF Latest Topics/Posts and SMF Top Topics won't work; they give me warning messages. And I can't find a recent posts module on the Joomlahacks site even though people say it's there. It doesn't help that their site is so dang slow.