First up, there won't be any hacking of the forums. That's a straight no.
Second up, there won't be any changes to the style of the forums until vB3.5.0 is released and tested for EoFF. Then we might consider things. As for this suggestion in particular, I really don't see the need. If you want to make long posts and want to see a lot of stuff on your screen, use Notepad and then copy/paste.
EDIT: But apparently the option is already there. I'm really not sure what it is that you're suggesting...
EDIT: Oh, they're only there on my simplified style. Hmm. I might look into this.
