do not buy vB 5.0

[rhodes_muc]

Originally Posted by englishtalk

Because if they're selling it, it should be fit for consumption: it should work. This isn't shareware, there should be refunds for anyone with an unfixable problem. They're just begging to be sued.

I agree with englishtalk that a software prized $250 should be fully developed. Of course any new software has bugs. But in VB5 we don't talk about bugs, some parts are missing.

When customers visit vbulletin.com they get the impression of a sophisticated and robust software. But that's not true. There is no hint saying "wait a moment, we're in beta."

"Engaging social functionality"? Posting to facebook is not implemented till today. That is very disappointing. But the most disappointing thing is that nobody is able to fix a date when a missing feature will be production ready. Maybe we will see this feature next week. But maybe not until next year. Information policy is unacceptable. Therefore, a professional project planning is not possible at the moment with vb5.

Let me say one thing more. I really believe that vb5 has a brilliant api extension system. But what I would expect is a documentation for my developers. But there is no useful api documentation at all. Even some open source products have a much better documentation than vb5. Sorry to say this, but at the moment I'm very disappointed and although we have spent $250 we're looking for an alternative.

rhodes