the bad thing about it being on the left is that when you preview a post, it's not exactly what it will actually look like when you submit, the preview doesn't show the avatar space on the left...when it's horizontal on top, you know what you see is what you get...it makes it easier to organize your thumbs when you're posting pics...just my thoughts
I just noticed it, we have that "last edited..." thing now? I kinda hate that for some reason, lol...I think any post looks better without it