This module is great, easy to install and to set up. On the support forum set up by the author I have detailed how to include display of the date, which is missing by default, in a Joomla 1.5 installation.
But even without the modification, it really is the simple answer to displaying an RSS feed without using yet another Javascript, just plain PHP.

Well I tried this a few weeks ago and thought it was great, but lacking an overall topic view, which led to very cluttered pages full of all posts in each forum.
Anyway - I made a simple request that this feature could be implemented and I would use it on my site, and within a day or two it was done, with a helpful response from the author on his forum. And it's easy to modify things too, in php or css.
I highly recommend use of this little component - it has no smilies, avatars, pm facility, bbcode, etc., which is great. And there's no annoying bridge needed for user accounts, as it's integrated right into Joomla.
Top marks to Cullen the author.

This should be called the Simple ImageSlideShow... it is so easy to use and does what it promises, no fuss. I actually chose this instead of the Simple Image Rotator as that program had so many problems reported with the Joomla SEF.

This works great on my setup (Joomla 1.5.3 with SEF ON). Thanks for an excellent plugin.

Very easy to install from the Joomla Extension Manager, and easy to setup the parameters if you follow the documentation. Very much I like that it is for Joomla 1.5 and it has Captcha - I was starting to despair of finding a simple contact form with anti-spam measures, after coming from Wordpress where I was spoilt for choice.

Only down side is there is no way I can find to alter the Title colour or page background colour easily from the settings page... but I do not know where to look in the code.