Collab functionality for art portal would be great too. I think what probably happened is that a lot of these issues (especially more recent ones such as art portal) have been postponed to launch together with the redesign so that they don't have to do the same thing twice.
The-Great-One
Chat has probably been finished for quite sometime now and they're just waiting for the redesign. A lot of the stuff you mentioned, except for Number 7 and Number 3, are being worked on for the Redesign. It will come don't worry, just have patience.
It's better that they take their time with it instead of just releasing something buggy that people will bitch about.
"WAH! WHERE REDESIGN!"
Redesign Released due to Bitching.
"WAH! IT'S BROKE! FIX IT! WAH!"
However even when the redesign is released, there will be a minority of people who don't like it.
"WAH! WHERE IS REDESIGN!"
Patience and Patience, Then Release
"WAH! OLDER DESIGN WUZ BETTER! WAH!"
Galneda
Bitches gonna bitch. I understand with more time, less is likely to go wrong with the design...I just wish they'd keep us posted on progress. The absence of updates creates a false sense of nothing being done...I know that's not the case, but that's how it feels.
Plus, this is really just a wish list I mopped together in ways I think could improve NG. Number 7 being the most pointless, but still a neat thought.