The shoutbox should have timestamps so that it is easy to see when the last message was posted. You see timestamps in the shoutbox history, but not when looking at the forum index. If you don't know what a timestamp is, it should basically look something like this :
11:08
tore: A small timestamp on the left of the message that tells you when it was posted.
I assume there is a setting for it that only needs turning on. Could Yac look into this for us?