You can always just directly click the Notifications in the upper right, Lenore. I understand that there's a second click there (because it tells you what notifications you have before going to see if it's a PM or a VM or something else).
I'm going to try and not move anything around for a bit...
Seven links there is a bit much IMO. But I can't think of a good name to differentiate menus if those 7 forum actions are split into generic/personal. Help a gal out. ;)
But for now...better?
Well, it should stay mostly the same for a good while to come. ;)
It was one of those things where I'd get asked to add a link here or there, and eventually it was this cobbled together thing of nasty. Said nasty has been expunged. Carry on in the light, etc.