I wonder why there is no way to view other user's profiles on this board?

On other PHPBB boards like http://www.phpbb.com/community you just click the username in the list of messages, forums or topics, then click Send PM; however here on MTBS3D you either have to select the username and copy/paste it from the clipboard, or type it from the keyboard right away.

Was this a conscious decision to disable the feature for some reason, or just someone setting an option incidentally?

I just tried and it's correct. However, this worked before the latest changes.

I don't think it's related to the latest update, it never worked at least in the last few months.

Ok. I know we had this feature once. You could click a name on the active users box and get their profile. It wasn't that long ago and i probably errorneusly connected it to the upgrades.

Hi!

Sorry about that. This was a security precaution to cut down on spambots and the potential for hacking.

Regards,
Neil

So this feature will remain permanetly disabled, won't it?

I'm afraid so. It's for your protection.

Regards,
Neil