yup :). see here: http://www.gog.com/en/page/newsletter_002/

When it's done ;). No, seriously, I don't want to promise you anything. It's a pretty big update and we want to make sure that every single detail is polished.
Feel free to ask, I'll do my best to answer all your questions regarding first GOG.com update (without spoiling too many surprises :)

The shelf will be the part of My Account section at GOG.com (My Games tab) and it's meant to display games you've bought here. Basically it's a new way to browse and rearrange your GOG collection (yes, you can drag & drop games on your shelf :). As for showing games you want to buy / bought not at GOG.com - that's an interesting idea but not for this update.
The classic "list view" is still there :).

I think you can fix it, try "ctrl+0"

The biggest thing on the forums will be a redesigned, more functional, main page and a new skin. Apart from that lots of small improvements and fixes based on all feedback from our community. I cannot post the complete list of changes at this point, as some things are still being worked on and... well... we don't want to spoil all the surprises to early ;).
I can tell you that among improvements on the forums there will be an option to track posts by GOG.com Team as well as improved search that scans the whole topics, not just topic names. Also, a ton of small bug fixes, like for example a better support for special characters in the post contents.
PS: We'll give out more details closer to the update :)

Hey, wooden shelves aren't passé yet ;-P.
Now, seriously, the idea for "skinnable" shelf is pretty interesting, we'll see about it. But it's definitely a post-Update1 thing.

We'll complete the update soon, we're testing it a bit more.
It's sooner rather than later though :)

This is one of the small improvements that will be introduced with the GOG.com Update 1. I'm preparing the final changelist now and I'll try to post it later this week. Also, as the team is back from the Holidays, expect the update very soon! :)
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Piotr K.
Design & Dev Team

Just as promised, the final change-list
So what's new?
MY ACCOUNT:
* browse and rearrange your games collection on your personal fancy virtual shelf, made of fancy virtual wood ;)
* completely redesigned "my e-mails" section
FORUM:
* redesigned forum main page - you can now rearrange the list of forums (fav/stick selected forums) as well as access your fav topics
* new alt forum-skin - light aluminum (if you prefer dark text on light background)
* improved search engine - now scans posts as well
* redesigned post rating system - no more "+/- X" points; rating is now solely for faving or hiding posts, also you can always change your vote
* notification about (new) post and replies from GOG.com Team (visible on the topics list)
* double posts are be now auto merged
* better support for characters like < > / ... etc in the post's body
* first post in question / problem topic is now sticky by default
* tweaks in reputation system - it should be a little easier to earn stars now by helping others :)... also, no more negative rep
* added rss for topics as well as replies received
* improvements "favourite topics" engine: you can now fav topic when reading posts, no more auto-faving topics /w replies.
* option to always open the first page of a clicked topic instead of the last one
* improved support for timeouts when adding posts
ALSO:
* lots of small design / engine improvements, tweaks, and fixes
PS: Check out the images I've attached below :)
When is the update coming out?
Tomorrow, Jan 8, 2009 :). Now, because it's pretty huge thung, there's approx 60 min maintenance scheduled @ 4 am EDT (10 am CET time). During that time, website and forums won't be accessible.