[MJM]

Freddie I'm glad to hear you have 'scouts' here at vB.org to keep you updated ... in particular of our most wanted wish lists.
It became tiring a long time ago to post requests into vB.com AND also post them here, with the hopes that someone here might be interested in tackling the request.

I'm not sure how you gauge from customers what they feel the most wanted of features are ... It certainly should not be based on replies to suggestions as many like myself are too busy with our own site to scan through the (current) listing of 7,765 threads in the Suggestion Forum.
... and it might cause an overload to your servers if it was necessary for us to reply to every wish with 'I want this', in order for it to get top priority.

I've suggested in the past of adding a poll to any suggestions that might be do-able so that we could express our opinion of a suggestion without the need to reply to every post.
Also please consider having a pre-beta survey of sorts, itemizing possible inclusions in the next release.

My understanding and acceptance for the somewhat lag (in my opinion) in the introduction of some features at vB.com over the years is because a considerable amount of effort was needed to be put in the development of the backbone of this software, which I am extremely pleased with.
And vB.org has served very well as a place where customers who've wanted to take this software to new levels can exchange ideas and test-run applications and so forth.

I have no clue personally if this software has reached a milestone, or whether version 4 or 5 will require a major revamp as did ver 2 to 3.

Whatever ... vB.org has been an invaluable partner in the development of this product despite what a very small handful of very vocal critics might say.
Here's to wishing vB.org /vB.com a continuing and positive collaboration in the development of this product.

For many of us, the lives we have made for ourselves through the use of this product depends on this.

Best wishes,
Mark