another valid point of course, now it will be in the taste of every webmaster
my taste is that i like how it is, and if the user the first time will think is the only way to reply, he will see the next time the buttons "new Post" and "post Reply", and he will see the difference.
mods are for that, to give personality to each forum according with the look of the webmaster.
let see if the creator of this mod update the release and he can gives us the two options, good idea.