[Chris M]

Originally Posted by Brad

He thinks he can do better, that's all.

If anyone is willing to give it a shot I welcome them to try. It isn't fun, it can be stressful, and it'll eat away at your free time like no other "hobby".

It doesn't matter who is in charge of this place or any community. There will always be a few who blame the staff members for everything (be they current or past members of the staff). Often times these very same people contribute little to nothing to the community or do so simply to feed their ego.

This site is as active as ever, in fact it's more active than at any point in the past. What we lost is the "closeness" we used to have, which generally goes out the door when a community get as large as this one.

I'm not really sure what the OP is complaining about...hacks/mods/whatever you call them are released when they're "ready". If there is a drop-off in the number of new modifications posted it usually means the current version of the software is stable. As soon as a new version is released (say 4.0) which breaks all old modifications you'll see plenty getting posted...because the popular modifications are usually the first things to be "ported".

Most of the original ideas for modifications have already been done and were done in the vB 2.x "era". Think about it....when was the last time you saw an original idea for a modification? I can't think of many myself but then again I'm not as active as I used to be. These days all I see are improvements of old ideas (AJAX modifications and the like) or scripts for integration purposes.

But like I said we've become "stable" here. Nothing new and exciting is going on because there is nothing new and exciting to do. If someone is working on something new and exciting you'll find out about it when he/she is willing to release it and with time it will become boring and ordinary like everything that came before it...

I'll guess I'll end this post with the age old argument/advice; If you're unhappy with the number of modifications/styles/whatever begin posted here learn that particular skill and contribute. The "I'm not a coder/designer" argument doesn't cut it....either learn the skill or be happy with what is provided to you for free. If you aren't willing to learn and aren't willing to settle with what you're given for free then you'll be paying for "custom work". That's just the way things are...

*hugs Brad*

Nice speech

Chris