Uh oh, i hope this isn't right

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by cellarius

Definitely not true. Maybe you were not around when vB4 was released, but if that wasn't a strom, I really don't know. People tend to forget that the first versions of vB4 were absolutely horrid. It became usable not before 4.0.7 or so, and what I would call stable not before 4.2. Not it's solid, thanks to the forum's codebase being still largely vB3 code - but if you want to see where vB5 comes from, just look at the vB4 CMS.

Yes I remember all of this but it never seemed to be as bad as the v5 reaction. At least with v4 there was still SOME resemblance to version 3. Plus people by and large, seem to really like v4. Initial reaction may have been bad but nothing like we're seeing now.