Another really cool feature that i thought for sure existed (but i cannot seem to find; searched through the forums also), is a redirect on login. for example if i have a URL shortcut in my favorites that is for an admin or moderator access forum only and I select it, when the browser opens I'm prompted to login. after logging in, i'm routed to the main forum page, not the original shortcut I clicked.

 

I'd like to suggest redirecting to the original request by capturing the URL requested if the login session is closed (in common.asp??), and saving that URL in a cookie or passing it via querystring. After the user logs in, if there is a value in the querystring or cookie to redirect, the value is reset, and user redirected.

Is this a current option somewhere that I may have missed?

The reason being is that such redirects, using querystrings or cookies is very easy to manipulate by a malicious hacker or attacker and so such redirects on login are restricted to main forum and topic pages, and are done server side to prevent malicious tampering.