Since Mids hasn't played very well with Linux lately, I don't do my builds with Mids. It's certainly possible and really just takes a bit of looking at what bonuses, etc.. are available using a wiki page. Mids makes it easier for a lot of people, but for tools I'd say I'd miss the most are vidiots and being able to make custom popmenus.
As for getting things easier to port into the forums:
Sounds like there's some BB Code that doesn't play well in the forums that Mids wants to use, but there are some work arounds already posted, so until mids fixes their end?