Yes but it means that all hacks will need to be recoded and possibly the loss of a few hacks like arcade ect.
If they a really popular, odd's are someone will port or code their own version and release it. It might not come from the same author, but it'll probbly exist in some form.
The more important problem is the reduced efficiency of code due to these "Plugin Spots".
Actually, the code efficiency will be greater as data is being managed in a different way so that less redundancy and repetition is required. At least, this is from what I have heard.
Actually, the code efficiency will be greater as data is being managed in a different way so that less redundancy and repetition is required. At least, this is from what I have heard.
If they are using code pools of callbacks and generic functions to handle "places to put code", then no; efficiency is greatly lost and the performance of the forum will be reduced. This is not to say vb 3.5 by default will not run faster than previous, this is to say much if any added benefit of 3.5 over 3.0 is going to be lost due to plugin code.
No one really knows, while it may please the non-technical of the forum owners out there, people like me who are speed demons by nature, may see themselves having to make much use of the backspace key in 3.5
05-27-2005, 01:57 PM
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