I agree with these two things. The quick reply doesn't give enough options imo and it's a pain to click go advanced every time - just one extra step to reply. And these new smilies are really hard to see. The old ones were much more expressive. I don't mean to sound like I'm complaining - you've done a LOT of work here and you've done a super job! I like the activity stream - very cool. But these two items are really bugging me and apparently others are missing them too.
I also REALLY do not like the reply box - it's much too small. I like to see more than 3-4 lines of text at a time as I'm typing my replies. Any chance this could be made bigger???
Many thanks for all you do!!!