Why 3.x forums have 5 times more visitors
 

Ok, in the early days of vB4, was normal the forums related to vB3 version to have more visitors than the forums vB4. But now is 26 months that vB4 exists, the support for vB3 has been almost stoped. But as you can see in the screenshot that I got a few minutes ago, the traffic to vB3 forums is many times more than vb4 forums.

Please vore and discuss what makes you stay back to vB3. Prisoner of a mod which does not exists, vB4 unstability, lover of the old good days of vB3, or what?

Chris

What screenshot?

My big problem:) Always to forget the attachments. Once I have to send an email 4 times, and only in the 4th I added it:rolleyes:

Well, I think part of the reason is because not everyone wanted to fork out the cash to upgrade to vb 4, especially a beta version. vb 3 was well established then and vb 4 was too new to have many mods for it. Plus we has to learn a new way of coding mods for vb 4 from vb 3 and not everyone was willing to jump on it at the time. Those of us that did have been on one hell of a ride for a while but things seem to be smoothing out now with vb 4. It's actually getting better. ;)

Sorry about that. You wanted vb 3 users' opinions and I am on vb 4. My bad.

Thank you for your time. I'm also in vB4 since the first release. I'm just wondering seeing so many visitors there, all times of the day.

Chris

Well, for the reasons stated above as well as the org is still on vb 3 so I'm sure that has something to do with it also. vB 4 got a bad rap out of the gate and it has taken them this long to finally start coming around to where they should have been long ago. Maybe as it progresses, there will be less vB 3 users out there and more vB 4 users. I think it will be interesting to start watching which way the trend goes from here on out, if vB 4 stays on the path it is currently on with the better updates.

I still use and recommend 3.8.x.

- Stable
- Less code, higher quality code-base, and simpler to build mods for
- Easier to skin (new stylevar system is a joke, IMO)
- Better interface (subjective, of course)
- I've already developed several years of mods for it that I use

It's obviously dated, but it doesn't take much work to make it look modern. We have a collection of plugins that we use to turn off several unused features, and make some areas simpler.

I won't upgrade for a long time. Perhaps 5.x, but I have no confidence in the team behind it.

I've seen the numbers reversed quite a few times, many in the vB4 forums but not so much the vB3... I'm on these forums as a friend once said "methodically" though and at any time of the day on any given day so don't be surprised.

You included a screenshot of the discussion forums, that could be related to searches being performed although so could the modification forum views but for example here is a screenshot of those currently viewing mods:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...hmentid=135740

Although it's a different area entirely it does show logic different than that you have come to use so it's truly dependent on a few factors including time of day and the area of the site.

I will say this though, it seems the larger sites are still on 3.x more so than 4.x but that's imo.

I don't think that the traffic in Mods are realble, because all those who are still using vB3 are old members, and they have already downloaded and installed any modification that they needed for their site. Even if I haven't checked it, I don't believe that there are new mods for vB3, and also I don't believe that the new users are going to vB3. I'm talking for the old users, who, as I said before, they have no reason to visit the modification area.

Chris

Well neither is the viewing count of the discussion forums then, can't be because who's logged in and who's just searching and from where, did they arrive here via Google, Yahoo or other? Also how may times do you imagine forum owners search for mods or have questions related to vB4 yet end up within a old thread related to vB3? We can't compare apples and oranges but we can enjoy the taste of each.

I dunno but if anything this is food for thought :cool:.