I (Greg) am currently working on the quickform branch. The primary purpose is to update the modules GUI API to use PEAR's QuickForms for page/form creation, and add other features such as tables.

This will also update the look of the forms (most HTML is now generated by the QuickForm library or standard libraries like tables, as opposed to being scattered throughout modules), add a ViewSystem for overall templates (no more HTML in header.php/config.php) and to seperate out some common functions to make writing UserPortal easier (I will probably put the framework in the branch).

I've made a few other changes to the layout of files as well. All the PEAR files are now included in the common directory, which will make installing a bit easier.