Its been like this for years dude.. RS is never going to upgrade their software... It got to the point where I was reminding them every week that their VB is old and unsecure and prone to attacks (I know because I run some VB forums). Then when they finally got hacked they blamed me
Not sure what kind of income they bring in, but surely an upgrade would be worth considering. Not just for the interface issues, but for the fact that the old VB is terribly outdated and very inefficient compared to the new one. The bigger the forum, the more crucial it is to update.