I just announced on my forum today that I want everyone to keep an eye open for any bugs and warnings so I can fix them all and then keep error/warning reporting enabled so I can handle any new developments in php, and have an easier time debugging my projects. I want to keep vB for as long as it's supported for vulnerabilities and exploits. Once support is ended we're moving to a different platform. My mind is made up. They've decided to dump us, I'll dump them.
I'm not trying to be snarky or tossing insults. I'm just sayin' ....
I know for sure of one major forum aggregator who's done exactly that. They have something like 40-plus boards, all were vBulletin - they're switching them all away from vB to xF.
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VB4 is in IB's rear view mirror and the further it gets away, the more they like it. (More VB5 sales)
None of this is exactly accurate - v4 AND v3.8 are still supported and v4 at least, still comes with the new license you buy.
It was the same way when v4 first came out, you still got the latest v3 with the new license, available for download. And it's been the same way with all prior versions.
There can't be more or less v5 sales based on v4, since v5 is the license you're buying when you do buy a new license. It's always been that way.
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Adding features like responsive styling to VB4 would be costly for IB to do aside from the labor involved, the sales they would lose on VB5 since that is one of the selling points. Since VB4 already has a built-in mobile style, making it responsive wouldn't make sense.
Not necessary, alot more than making sense.
Be all that as it may, most of the "new features" touted in v5 are derived from add-ons this community authored, for v4. Therefore none of them are anything new, for those who've been around awhile.
01-25-2015, 05:20 PM
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