I have been using hotscripts for a few years now, I really love it, it is the best out there, but still it could definately be better. because with the fast growing number of scripts it is getting increasingly difficult to find the script you need.
an example:
today I am looking for a small and simple news script written in php with mysql. so I go into the php section and into news publishing... to my horror it contains no less than 248 scripts, 25 pages I have to look through. it takes me roughly 1 hour to skim the collection to narrow it own to the 10 scripts that suit my needs. 1 hour!
now, dont get me wrong, I love the fact that there is such a big collection, I just wish there was a way to sort the scripts!
in fact it is already somewhat there in your "top rated" section... but that doesnt really help anyone but the developers.
couldnt you make a "sort by" function? like "sort by : member rating : visitor ratings : no. of votes : updated : filesize : popularity : price". I know that you cant always trust these criterias, but they do give a good indication.
you might also consider an advanced search.
I mean with 15.000+ scripts, you must admit that the browsing experience is a huge pain.