do not buy vB 5.0

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Originally Posted by rhodes_muc

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

I agree with englishtalk that a software prized $250 should be fully developed.

You got vb3,vb4 and vb5 for that price (actually I think thats quite cheap). I and many others purchased 3 and 4 separately.

To be honest you get sick to death of reading threads and posts about vb5.You have new members who come to vborg and the first posts are a slanging match about vb5.

Yes,we all know what stage vb5 is at and unfortunately due to ignorance of people not reviewing the facts before purchase this is what happens.

I'm not disagreeing with what people are saying,in fact I totally agree vb5 was released to early.But saying that it works as a forum and thats what it was built to do.

No point keep going on about vb5 and what your all going to do about it.Just simply use vb3 or 4 wait until your happy with the standard of vb5 and then switch.