[sighs loud enough for people around him to be startled]I've found last night that the latest version of NEI (that I was using, not the latest latest) was causing the game to freeze solid, requiring alt-ctrl-del to fix. The latest lastest version wasn't showing anything at all in NEI. Using the recommended seemed to be more stable, but I'm getting rendering errors in the players armour slots.
It's to be expected really, 1.7.10 is still in alpha/beta stage for large number of mods, plus forge is constantly updating. Not exactly a stable environment to build a pack in.
Agreed, and the present track record is not exactly making me optimistic for 1.8 either.