It's really ridiculous that after nearly 2 years, none of the developers have replied to that issue in the tracker nor have they made an official statement regarding the hooks somewhere that gives us some hope?
Worst part is they specifically removed it... what's there for use now in vB5 is severely limited too.
I'd dare say it was intentional, that's my personal opinion due to:
1) Cloud cloud cloud, all I see is them promoting the cloud (why though...)
2) Due to 30,000+ vBulletin sites being hacked not too long ago via drum roll please... that's right you guessed it via the plugin system and/or help from the install exploit(or a third-party plugin granting access to utilize the overall plugin system to further exploit). If no plugin/hook system exists in vB5 then it can't be (insert expletive here) (insert dastardly male deed here) up the wazoo now can it?
That's just my thoughts on it, seems to me they cut off their nose to spite their face but hey what do I know - My Names Mel Gibson and this is my conspiracy theory . Edit: Only and I mean ONLY from some weird oddball over security conscious perspective should this be considered ok, to everyone else it simply removed the ability to have your site customized outside the box... vB5 "modification-wise" is like the kid on the bicycle in the Ally Bank commercial where she's given a brand new bike but confined to a box of red tape and told she can only ride it within the box - anyone who remembers those commercials knows it was silly and there wasn't much room to move let alone ride - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWo-vDVajns
03-03-2015, 01:08 PM
but hey what do I know - My Names Mel Gibson and this is my conspiracy theory 
. Edit: Only and I mean ONLY from some weird oddball over security conscious perspective should this be considered ok, to everyone else it simply removed the ability to have your site customized outside the box... vB5 "modification-wise" is like the kid on the bicycle in the Ally Bank commercial where she's given a brand new bike but confined to a box of red tape and told she can only ride it within the box - anyone who remembers those commercials knows it was silly and there wasn't much room to move let alone ride - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWo-vDVajns
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