IPB 2.1 的计划刚刚向外公布，IPS又把各说明细化了，学巴以局势，也出了“路线图”计划
（英文）NEW FEATURES / MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS:
Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) (Per user option)
Library Functions and Pre-made response templates
Multiple Option Polls
ACP: Localized language packs
ACP: Per admin section permissions
ACP: Improved Language tools (write to DB, cache to PHP aka templates)
ACP: CSS interface improvement (reduce # classes, sep. areas)
ACP: Rebuild member's rank information
ACP: Task Manager / Forum Prune functionality
ACP: Register Modules Framework
ACP: IP match (change to first 3 octets only)
ACP: Templates: Search and Replace makes new templates if matches found in default templates
ACP: Option: Quote embed limit
ACP: Skin infinite inheritence / recursion
Multiple Calendars
Forum Marking (Cookie cache?)
IPB Portal overhaul
Post Parsing (two mode op. 1: Check correct syntax post-post 2: Simple str_replace on topic read)
FRONT END IMPROVEMENTS:
De-clutter some ACP components with DHTML
De-clutter some front facing components
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS:
Post Parser
Rewrite, clean up code, make more efficient
Emailing Class Re-write
Two classes: One email class and one IPB wrapper
Option to load other language files.
Ability to "hold" an item in the mail queue for later processing
Session Location Integration
Make it easier for modules to update session location
User Control Panel Modularization
Separate out the menu generation
Log in Abstraction
Separate out log in methods to independent classes
Subscription Manager Overhaul
Write glue layer between gateway modules and SM
Caching
Make option to cache to hard disk
Reduce overhead on forum cache
Comment Spamming
Option to add rel="nofollow" into all posted links (group option?)