That's in the hands of the developers of vBulletin... although their hands are probably tied behind their backs by the ones up higher.

90 percent of rank and file users don't care if a site is the latest greatest version or not, they don't care if it's "kept up with the times" and they don't really care how it looks either. They care if:

1.) It loads fast and works well.
2.) It loads fast and works well.

Somethingawful dot com routinely has 5000-plus users logged on and posting at any given moment. Its users don't give a red rat's ass that it's a really old version of vBulletin. I can list at least a half dozen other such sites which aren't upgraded and are really really big busy boards.

The "need" to upgrade is a myth.

This might sound weird, but there are times to where I appreciate a forum that uses an older version.

that is rather strange. :confused::confused::confused::confused:

Haha nice find.

Why?

I'm a waaaaay back, long time member.:D

modern is good and nice

Not if it alienates the users who are used to the interface. Modern is good for a new site but not for one this well established.

I have always wished that this site could have a function similar to CSS Zen Garden, and offer some cutting-edge skins as options to members—to show what can be done with the templating system.

So a large site that is running vb1 should not upgrade?

Strawman argument. There are no large sites running vB 1.0.

It's hard for me to wrap my mind around someone intelligent not understanding the point. The POINT is, "upgrading" just for the sake of upgrading isn't a valid strategy, and is demonstrably not necessary. There's no compelling reason for it. "Modern is good and nice" is not a compelling reason, and it's not even accurate. "Modern" is slow, clunky and bloated.

Now, if you're in the forum hobby just to please yourself and really aren't concerned for your membership, upgrading willy-nilly just to satisfy your ego is all well and good.

Almost all of the "not modern" stuff is in the presentation layer. Reworking the templates (still not a trivial task) could modernize the site without upgrading either the underlying engine or the database.

I think thats enough of this pointless going round in circles.

The original question was answered long ago. Thread Closed.