I think I've had enough

[Chroder]

The wink smilie should be banned from this thread.

[Gio~Logist]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I know you're bigger than to let one or two opinions affect you that much. If I got upset everytime someone said I didn't matter or that I mean nothing, I'd be in a permamnet tizzy, trust me. Be like the duck.

Hehe. I didn't take it seriously at all, just throwing in some sarcastic humor i guess. I actually like my title. A coder title adds a bit of creditability and such to your status as far as dealing with a customer on here is concerned.

[Boofo]

Why? It let's everyone know there should not be any hard feelings in all of this so we can move on to something bigger and better.

[Adrian Schneider]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Why? It let's everyone know there should not be any hard feelings in all of this so we can move on to something bigger and better.

Or it implies that you are being sarcastic.

[Boofo]

You, personally, know me better than that as well as everyone should. :cross-eyed: (is that better?)

[Adrian Schneider]

Originally Posted by Boofo

You, personally, know me better than that as well as everyone should. :cross-eyed: (is that better?)

Yep I was just suggesting the possibility.

[Boofo]

That is not even a slight possibility in my case.

[joeychgo]

Originally Posted by LiveWire

Tony, I don't think you fully understand my first post. This has nothing to do with suggested features being turned down. The atmosphere around here just hasn't felt right for along time.

Im not a coder, but I have felt the same way at times. Im sorry to say...

I think the staff of vB should consider this a wake up call. Simply put, some of its most dedicated hack coders are not happy. The question is why and should some things be changed.

[Logikos]

This is going to be quite a long post, so I suggest tha you are prepaired to be reading for a alittle while.

I?d like to make a few things clear to everyone. I?ve received quite a lot of private messages since this thread I posted. I had non-coding users thanking me for my work and contributions on vB.org. I even a few users asking me to join them with some commercial products soon to come. I?ve spoken to a few people over emails and instant messaging and I want to make it clear that my intentions when making this thread was to tell people how I was feeling, and to leave. I never thought this thread would get as big as it did, I didn?t think a lot of people would agree with me and didn?t think many users felt as I did.

A few things that came up was the fact that I own another hacking community. Some people would say that I?m in competition with vBulletin.org and since the day I opened my site, I?ve always made it clear that I was not in direct competition with vB.org. To the users who think I am. I would like to prove a point.

I opened my site in March of 2004. Since that day, I?ve remained active on this site. Helping users, posting feedback, posting code for staff (to help as much as I could), and even releasing almost 30 hacks. Some hacks I posted here you can?t get at my site, and some hacks I posted at my site you can?t get here. That?s how I wanted it to be. If I was in direct competition with vB.org, then why would I continue to help and support my hacks and users that vist here? Why would I direct users from my site here when they are looking for something that my site cant provide.

I?ve said it once and I keep saying it again. I have not NOT been competting with vB.org since day one. If anyone should understand that, I think Xexon knows best, as I?ve spoken with him privately on occasions.

The other thing I want to point out that this was supposed to be the day I leave and stop being active on vB.org, but after hearing from a lot of the users on this site. It made it hard for me to just leave it behind and not help standup to what I felt was going bad. I can see this turning into something positive and really hope that it can. That?s why I have remained active in this thread. I even helped a member from here while this thread was going on. It?s just not easy for me to see a thread when a member has an issue and helping them out since you know the answer that will slove there problem.

With that said, I would like to remain active on vBorg to see the outcome of this thread. I can say that if something isn?t done soon, members and hackers here will eventually leave and feel as if they were not heard when they voiced there opinions. Here is my suggestion that could help direct this community to a more positive vibe.

The Hacks Database.
The idea of the hacks database is great and will help a lot of members search for things in a much more user-friendlier way. I want to expande on this hacks database idea and bring a few things I had in mind for it.

The first thing is turning the hack authors profile into hack authors profile. Here is a PhotoChop mockup of the idea I had In mind. Users who release modifications should get a profile like this.

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That?s something I threw together. Obviously this is just an idea/suggestion and could room for improvement. I?m also concerned on how the hacks database will change the look and feel of how hacks and templates are hosted. I think you should muniplulate the way the forums work with the hacks database. When your viewing the hacks list on the forumsdisplay page, you should completely change the feel and look of it. Make it look as if where in a total new area of vBulletin.org.

Make things eaiser to naviagate from. Positition the tables neatly. Give it that good old hacks database look. Here is another mockup I created..

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I think you get the idea. These are just some of my ideas. I could help create/code etc If needed, but that will be up to the staff. I think changes like this will help the spirt of the community.

The more resorces you give to coders to use, the better we can help support our hacks and bring better quality hacks to life. Having our own bugs systems, feedback system, comments system, faq system, etc will help in more ways the you can imagine. Like I said, I would love to help any to all of these features.

[Code Monkey]

Originally Posted by LiveWire

Some people would say that I?m in competition with vBulletin.org and since the day I opened my site, I?ve always made it clear that I was not in direct competition with vB.org.

Well you should be. What's the point of having that site if it is not going to offer competition. Lack of competition is what has caused the current conditions here. Competition is good.