[JamesUS]

Originally posted by slideboxer
I like both of them and I'd actually like to see more support of MultiHack, http://www.multihack.com. Great program.

I would like to see more of this around as well...but unfortunately there is one minor problem with the program as I see it. Some lines of code on my forum (for example large database queries like the one to insert a new post) get modified frequently as I am often adding new functionality to the board. But MultiHack can only update a line if it is unchanged, which means I'd have to do updates to this line manually. So much of my forum is modified that virtually every hack would require me to do manual code changes as well as automatic changes.


As to the original question in the thread, I by far prefer text files, for pretty much the same reasons that FireFly said Also, I won't run an installer as I like to keep in full control of what is happening on my board. I want to know exactly what is being added and where (and why), so I will never use an automatic instaler. If a hack comes with an auto installer I still run the queries manually.