[vijayninel]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

As for [IMG] BBCode it works just fine for me on the demo board.

BirdOPrey5, I did not say that the IMG bb code does not work on vB5. I said that IMG BB code is deprecated in vB5 along with all other BB codes.

I understand that vBulletin Solutions are trying to make vB5 like a social-networking/forum hybrid. Because of this the use of all BB codes, particular those which dont look good in the "Latest activity" stream is being discouraged.

- You can still manually type the IMG bb codes but there is no 'Insert Image' button to easily insert them. Most general forum users use the button and dont manually type the [IMG] BB code. The reason for this buttons removal I believe is because images dont look good in the Latest Activity stream and people are being encouraged to use the lightbox which generates thumbnails and looks nice in the Latest Activity stream.

The code will still work but they dont want you to use it because it will spoil the showpiece 'Latest Activity' stream. While this may be ok in a demo forum, I think in a real forum the effect of this is that the number of images being posted will go down dramatically. Over time this will affect the quality of conversation as well.

- Along with that automatic parsing of links in text has been removed. Now you cant just post URL links, you have to do it via the insert link button so that the thumbnail makes it look nice in the Latest Activity stream.

- Switch Editor button to work in BB code view has been removed.

- Video BB code has been removed and the size of the video is greatly reduced so that it fits in the Latest activity stream.

- There is no indication or guide of any BB codes on vB5. The new people should never find out what this BB code thing is all about so over times use of BB codes will die out.

The BB codes are only things seem to have been dumbed down. There are numerous such regressions all over. I think this is being done because they want vB5 to be more like a social networking site and less like a traditional forum.