Why I'm Hesitant to Upgrade to 3.7

[MaryTheG(r)eek]

Originally Posted by edytwinky

Not sure if it belongs in this particular thread but I just wanted to see if anybody agreed with me.

I'm rather hesitant to upgrade to 3.7. Just from what i've seen, it seems way to much like a clone to myspace, facebook or other social networking sites. The whole buddy list thing, albums, completely redone profiles is kind of a turn off.

I really like what the basic version of 3.6 offers and would love to stay with it forever if possible. Anybody else feel the same way?

My opinion: If you're happy with what you're using now, stay there. Even if my profile says that I'm member since Oct 2006, I was using vB and vB.org with another account 3 years earlier (Oct 2003). And before that time I was using the Free version of vB (Yes, at their first steps they had a free version too). So after so many years, I can definetelly say: "Better stay with a feature less but working fine for you, than with a feature rich but complecated for you".
My experiance as developer for 2 years in vB mods. I can guarantee that one of my mods is really a revolutation with so many features (but difficult in its first configuration). But it has only 5% of the sales of another ease in use mod. So? Users wants something to work out of the box, easily understandable from the end users (Don't forget that our members are not all guru like administrators).
Some months ago I developed a mini mod for my own use. Maybe someday I'll publish it. It gives real statistics to admin about what their users are doing. eg how many of them have upload avatar? How many are using the "exotic" features that the marketing team advertises as a must need. You'll surprise when you'll get results (eg for ver 3.7) that less than 5% are using "friends" or "albums" etc etc.

Maria

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Originally Posted by Lizard King

The saddest day in vB history is the day IB purchased Jelsoft.

TOTALLY AGREE !!

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Originally Posted by ssslippy

I enjoy the tabbed profiles and you can turn all the new stuff off so whats to stop you from upgrading?

If he has to turn them off (extra time) why to upgrade????