Februs:
authors shown now find they have a small additional button labelled 'AP' in between the 'Select Author' and 'Logout' menu items.
My cup runneth over Februs! That is something I asked for months ago, but had forgotten about. In my opinion, the new "fill in the blank" system made it easier, not harder to get to my author page. The new author pages will take care of the "other" issue.
Just as a vague suggestion; could the "AP" icon go up in the upper right hand corner next to our log-in names? Perhaps the name itself could be made click-able?