More Gather glitches

I realized two annoying things today:

• Articles For Me only includes articles from your connections, not your subscriptions (maybe?) and it appears that the mechanics of joining a group are more like subscriptions than connections.  Therefore, Articles For Me does not include articles from groups you're a member of.
• Subscription settings don't seem to be taking.  I wanted to start using email to keep track of my articles, but when I click the checkboxes to get updates on all of your articles, it's saving just fine, except in the new screen none of the boxes are checked.

I'll tell you what I really want: I want one RSS feed for everyone's content besides comments.  So, if I click on 'my people'  the list itself will have the RSS button without having to click through to their namespace.  I want my groups to have the same option.  I want a list of 'active articles' - i.e. articles I've commented on that there's been subsequent comments, so I can stay involved before an article 'dies' using an RSS feed or a single page, instead of clicking 'my comments' and each individual article.  I want my notifications to be smart enough to filter out articles that have been cross-posted, so I only have to read them once.  I want groups to be organized into categories, or if not that detailed, I want to be able to designate groups I belong to mainly to post to, and groups that I want a more active feed on content.  I want notifications within Gather itself that let me know when my articles have been commented on, so I don't rudely miss a comment on my own content should something happen with my email.

Lastly, I want some sort of 'works best with Firefox' message.  I can't imagine the pain people who use Internet Explorer are going through - I couldn't do this without tabs and the 'middle-click-open-in-new-tab-but-stay-on-my-current-screen' option.

 It seems half-done.  That's all for now.