Why vB team didn't continue developing vb 4x?
 

Hello,

I have a question:
Why vB team don't continue developing vb 4x like adding responsive design and other improvements for it?

while more people are using vb4x then vb developed vb5, it needs time and it doesn't have features (addons, mods..etc) like vb4 did.

any shares?

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VB4 is in IB's rear view mirror and the further it gets away, the more they like it. (More VB5 sales)
Adding features like responsive styling to VB4 would be costly for IB to do aside from the labor involved, the sales they would lose on VB5 since that is one of the selling points. Since VB4 already has a built-in mobile style, making it responsive wouldn't make sense.

As far as IB Management is concerned, vB4 is an old version, vB5 is the current version - and therefore the only one they will develop.

Its a constant uphill battle for me to get any work done on it - and all they will entertain is occasional fixing of major issues - like php 5.4 problems, php 5.5 issues, and more recently, facebook.

There will not, ever, be any more feature development. It is, infact, only its continued popularity with customers that gets it any time at all.

Yeah it's a shame Paul. :(

I just announced on my forum today that I want everyone to keep an eye open for any bugs and warnings so I can fix them all and then keep error/warning reporting enabled so I can handle any new developments in php, and have an easier time debugging my projects. I want to keep vB for as long as it's supported for vulnerabilities and exploits. Once support is ended we're moving to a different platform. My mind is made up. They've decided to dump us, I'll dump them.

I'm not trying to be snarky or tossing insults. I'm just sayin' ....

Here is two bugs I just fixed today, http://ozzmodz.com/showthread.php/65...list-Bug-Fixes

I wish it was possible for us as a community to continue development on vBulletin 4 in some way to add new features, legally.

There is, that is called a modification. :p

Well yeah I'm talking about something that will belong to vBulletin 4 officially.