Why no simple phpBB type HIDE hack?

[vice86]

I have a phpBB forum right now...the HIDE hack works so simply...just wrap the link with the HIDE tags and that's it...no HIDE OPTIONS to enter or anything and any link you put in AUTOMATICALLY gets turned into a link...no need to put the URL tags on it...either just highlight the link and hit the HIDE button on the editor...or just manually type add the tags.

It seems I'm having no luck finding a simple hide hack like that for vB...any hack I find has to have the member typing in an OPTION when they hit the HIDE button..and most members aren't gonna know the options unless you post it up somewhere..and that's if they even read it.

Is there actually a FREE hide hack for vB that works as simply as the phpBB hack does? I know there's the RESURRECTION HIDE HACK...but you have to pay for the one where you get to REPLY only...that's a last option...if it even works the way I'm hoping it would.

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