Lin,
I'm sorry nobody gave you a good workaround earlier... all I did was fiddle with a couple of different ways to try to do that, based on my own use of the site. At any rate, it's nice to know it works for you!
As to the Vbulletin question, yes, IB owns that as well. I am sure it does streamline the process to get fixes made but it still remains a process. Upgrading a given site (especially one as huge as FT) to new versions of VB is also a process, and not one we undertake lightly; we'd rather deal with a relatively small issue for a while than risk losing the whole site over a rushed update.
Thanks for your feedback, and let me know if I can help with any other workarounds in the future,
Paul