VB5 worth it

[Jncocontrol]

Should I upgrade to VB5 yet or should I wait like 5 months?

[ozzy47]

IMO I would wait, especially if you have alot of mods on your site, or use the CMS.

[cellarius]

Wait, and take your time to make an informed decision.

[TheLastSuperman]

Setup a test site beforehand no matter if you're antsy now and decide to "just do it" or wait 5-6 months the points being;

- A test site i.e. yoururl.com/testvb/ is allowed per the license agreement, it must be .htaccess protected so it's highly advised to use this to your advantage.
- Testing on a cloned database typically shows you the same errors encountered during a live site upgrade.

Use the test site after it's upgraded to 5.x format to tweak your style, modifications etc and on that note - not all modifications will carry over to 5.x or styles for that matter so be sure to do a test site and prepare yourself and your site in advance ;).

[K4GAP]

Should I upgrade to VB5 yet or should I wait like 5 months?

After viewing the link in your sig, anything would be an improvement :0

[scottct1]

Take a look at the number of mods available for each platform.

VB 5 has just 41.
VB 4 has 1881.

That is very telling to me. The numbers don't lie.

[K4GAP]

Started not to answer this but ....

I use VB 4. I love it.
The reason I have not upgraded to VB 5 is I just don't think I would gain that much. Having said that I'm sure there are those that have upgraded and would argue my point.

I will go out on a limb and say that it is my belief from the posts both here and on other vb related sites, VB 4 is more stable (at this time).

[Jncocontrol]

ok, thanks eveyone.

[digitalpoint]

Should I upgrade to VB5 yet or should I wait like 5 months?Just ask yourself what problem(s) that you currently have that vB5 solves for you. If they are important things, do it.

[EliasAlucard]

I'd wait at the very least, 5 years before deciding to install vB5. It took me about three years until I installed vB4, and even when vB4 was released, it was far better than vB5 is now.

[New Joe]

I'd wait at the very least, 5 years before deciding to install vB5. It took me about three years until I installed vB4, and even when vB4 was released, it was far better than vB5 is now.

I agree:rolleyes:

[JacquiiDesigns]

I'd wait at the very least, 5 years before deciding to install vB5. It took me about three years until I installed vB4, and even when vB4 was released, it was far better than vB5 is now.

Ditto that.

J.

[samroza]

You should wait like 5 years. They might get out of alpha by then.