Not sure what you mean by "normal view". The full editor is available when we select New thread, Reply & Quote, however if we select Quick reply or Edit - the "lite" editor appears - I guess because in both cases there's not generally much need for the advanced options.
As for BBcode help - well you just found a bug - I spent the last hour chasing down an error that gets thrown up when accessing the BBcode help page - turns out it's caused by a clash with my side columns. There's no fix apart from turning them off and that's just not an option I'm afraid - they pay the bills.
The next VB upgrade will fix it, but it's way too unstable for me to even consider it at the moment.
Mike
