Where vB is going wrong

[Smitty]

Originally Posted by southernlady

And then there is the flip side where I read the entire thread of a coder's install trying to find the answer, not once but 5 times, making sure I didn't miss it. Posted a question about why part of the code didn't work the way it was suppose to work and have yet to get an answer. My post is still being ignored over 3 months later.

Yes. I 'feel your pain'. I take it as a factor that most of everything here is essentially donated so there is not much incentive for a 'hack' developer to respond. Now and again I have even offered to pay. I have paid for several hacks to be updated by a 'third party' because I used them a lot and the person who posted the hack here had abandoned them.

If you don't get reply for 3 months, that should tell you not to depend upon that hack's originator. I'm not a coder, but usually a hack upgrade costs me about US$50 to US$100.

I make pretty good money on my forum so the two 'critical' hacks I need which were abandoned are important to me because my visitors are important to me.

Personally, I'm waiting for a good statistics hack. I would like it if VBStatExtended: advanced statistics for your board was debugged and current. I'd pay. If pcfreak would finish (or whatever) I'd pay US$1000 for vB Statistic version 3.0.0 (directors Cut *g*). But - both are, while not totally abandoned, 'static'.

But like I say, for many people who submit hacks, since it's essentially a donation to the community, I can understand why they 'abandon' them and/or do not respond. I can't complain when they're free.

Just a few thoughts.