the goal is to tease the client... if you are more frustrated than teased, your best shot would be to not visit the site too much often...

<-- Is Exclusively waiting for vBulletin 4.0.0 BETA

why? its just gunna be the same as what you already have, just with more addons and ideas they get from vb.org coders preinstalled with a vb touch.

there isnt really anything else major they can do to the forum yet. no new technology is out.

I agree, additionaly 3.8 changes are really unnoticable, dunno what for waiting 2 months.
Probably just to keep the old customers updating accounts.

Lol. I seem to recall vB saying their developers tended not to go on the vborg for that very reason. Not enough to stop you still, obviously.

"no new technology is out" is a nonsensical sweeping statement. A lot of things have changed since vb3 was first released.

I suppose you and sensimilla would be happier if they just didn't bother updating it anymore and just left it to rot? Clearly a better idea than trying to keep it updated and relevant to the times.

I just love the cynical negativity lol. As if everyone is just out to take your money and has no interest in making the product better. Damned either way.

I really think some of the larger feature sets like social groups, albums, and things like that should be opt-out. Additionally, there are a lot of things just added to the datastore that, under heavy usage, result in using a ridiculous amount of memory per script site-wide, when alleviating the mysql/disk usage from querying that information isn't worth it.

hey team. thanx for the new version:).
but could i know that all the add ons or mods or hacks that i installed on 3.7.3, would they all be null and void and i will have to re-do everything again by searching for the compatible ones?

Or all the add ons for 3.7.3 would work with 3.8?

As with any update, we would just have to wait and see by checking with the individual authors of the modifications.

The vb 3.8 bug tracker in project tools shows that all 3.8 bugs thusfar have been fixed. It seems as if it can't be long before 3.8 will be in beta. Hopefully more functionality will be added along the way.

I always feel Jelsoft (vBulletin) is Microsoft because they update often and they are a slow turtle to gain new features. The only problem is the updates act like Microsoft, you never know when exactly to do an upgrade because a patch might come out a week later. I am happy for the schedule (patch Tuesday = M$), but I am affraid my forum is going to break everytime I upgrade. :(

The little vB releases scare me. Like 3.7.2 to 3.7.3 with all the changes, isn't the 3rd digit suppose to be a minor change, not a major change? I don't know, but the minor releases scare me just as much as the major releases. Jelsoft acts like M$, do not modify our product or buy 3rd party, just stick to the standard default templates and code we give you. A style is considered a modification, that is like saying a background I downloaded off the internet in Windows is conidered a moficiation and it isn't supported. Then what am i suppose to do? Leave the boring white style and hope Jelsoft makes 100 styles for me to choose from? :confused:

Then I feel like IP.Board is like Apple (Mac). They make few updates, yet it uses standardize hardware. They have all these cool little gadgets and cost a lot of money for upgrades. Apples are more expensive than PCs, but ppl don't realize it. Anyways, the whole point is IP.Board looks stylish and feels flexible. :cool:

And lastly, phpBB is like Linux to me. They are free and community based. A ton of nice features, but the techical support is by the community. If the community doesn't fix it, it stays broken until someone fixes it. But, those types of software/codes are open-sources and much can be accomplished. But, not much can be fixed quickly until a member of the community fixes it. So a fix can be anywhere from 1 hour to whenever. :erm:

Bottom-line: I pay for the upgrades at Jelsoft and I expect not to be scared to upgrade. And when I have a custom template, I shouldn't be scared that it might break in the future releases. :)

Turn off the features and read the change logs... simple