I've been using Fireboard and now I'll use Kunena. The component is simple enough to come with Joomla because I personally think CMS is the main part in a Joomla site not the forum. If you want the forum as the main part you should choose a standalone pack and a portal. So to the authors of Kunena, please keep it light and simple :).

Cons: Kunena needs more SEF! Joomla core SEF uses the alias of items to make SEF, which is a good way to manage SEF with unicode characters. Kunena of course shouldn't use alias because it would take more and more space. But I believe the authors might consider this point and come up with a solution.

Thank you and Good luck :).

Very nice, clean and easy to config component. I just like to request a feature: add management links like Edit, Publish/Unpublish and Delete for privileged users. That would make SectionEx an excellent yet simple for front-end content management.