Sorry for the delay DeeDee. Lots going on as we finally approach launch in Heidelberg and push 2.0 forward (with Collaboraid's help).
You can see the changes Lars made by going to the testing servers
http://dotlrn.collaboraid.net/test/
and visiting the control panel
http://dotlrn20-pg-test.collaboraid.net/dotlrn/control-panel
Take a look at the "Your Account" link.
I am very much in favor of these kind of changes. We need to slim down .LRN and generally improve OpenACS, while retaining/improving functionality. Lars has my vote.