Which vB version do you personally prefer... ?

[Dave#]

I think it should cope better, esp with the filecache which should help with some larger querys to the datastore.

damned by faint praise

[weirdpixels]

I voted for 3.5, got to love the plug-in system, so much easier now when upgrading

[sensimilla]

The button set is the only drawback in my eyes. But luckily, they can be changed somewhat easily (making them takes a while, since there are so many)

MGM out

I agree.. but theres a good thing in this,
I can make my board look much better than eny other just by changing buttons set LOL

Lets leave them default as they are..

vb 3.5 series are unbelievable, voted

[Zero Tolerance]

3.5 for me, the reason is simple really, my users love it, and that's the only requirement for me, pleasing the users is the prime objective

- Zero Tolerance

[Dude111]

If i ran a site it would be on 3.0.7 because almost all 3.5 sites im on have issues it seems (They lag,freeze,etc.....(Not all the times,but 3.0.9 and lower load so much faster most of the time (FOR ME ANYWAY)))

Maybe its cause i dont have much ram,i dunno....(I know 3.5 is much more demanding in resources then the earlier ones were)

VBulletin

[Wayne Luke]

The plugin system and architecture of vBulletin 3.5 alone make it worthwhile. The rest is easily editable.

[Creepshow]

This thread is Godly.

[MRGTB]

If i ran a site it would be on 3.0.7 because almost all 3.5 sites im on have issues it seems (They lag,freeze,etc.....(Not all the times,but 3.0.9 and lower load so much faster most of the time (FOR ME ANYWAY)))

Maybe its cause i dont have much ram,i dunno....(I know 3.5 is much more demanding in resources then the earlier ones were)

VBulletin

I know what you mean, I decided to stay with 3.0 series after testing 3.5. vB 3.0 just seems to be supported better right now on most servers much better than vB 3.5. Which just has too many new features for me that not all servers out there are giving full support for like ImageMagick 6 and the way the font's have to be compiled. Already tried tow servers were it wouldn't work. With one of them being "asmallorange" using vb3.5.2. Plus I'm not really a fan of AJAX either and the fact is uses Java script which as already pointed out can be a bit doggy across different browsers.

To many new features for me that seem a little experimental right now.

[cbiweb]

...I'm not really a fan of AJAX either and the fact is uses Java script which as already pointed out can be a bit doggy across different browsers.

But... AJAX can be turned off. And for those who have javascript turned off, the forums degrade nicely, with everything still working. I don't think AJAX and javascript are very good reasons to not use 3.5.x.

[zappsan]

3.5
Couldn't live without AJAX and Inline Moderation^^

[Zachery]

For example, my host has just setup there own support forum. I pointed things out to them that would benefit them as a host like offering eAccelerator and FastCGI on there shared host (pointing out that asmallorange) do this as default on all shared host account and there booming in trade.

I also explained to them that vBulletin is the most used forum board and they should give a much more better support for vB users if they want there company to grow better and cater for vB board users looking for a host. Sending them here to read up on vB after it became quite obvious they knew nothing really about vB. Also telling them that there current version on ImageMagick 5 would not work with the latest version of vBulletin. I told them all this for there own best interest and mine also as a person hosted with them.

But I was quite amazed at there ignorance really of vBulletin and how they showed themselves to be a typical example of a one minded phpBB server host. Who didn't really give much thought for better forum boards like vBulletin in catering for it better.

Just because alot of webhosts are ignorant on a larger scale doesn't mean that vBulletin takes more load.

Alot of hosts are just kids who thought lets charge 1 dollars and give away tons of space, then everyone will buy from us, and then we can say they are abusing their resouirces and kick them off!

[Dave#]

Just because alot of webhosts are ignorant on a larger scale doesn't mean that vBulletin takes more load.

What totally pisses me off is that VB staff have no clue how VB3 or VB3.5 performs compared to other versions of the software. There are loads of contradictory statements and clueless postings all the time. The guys I have more respect for are quiet and never commit to a definitive yes or no on metrics.

Really frustrated.

[Zachery]

I've not seen any massive inverse change in loads on my server, so far the preformance is about the same. I haven't done any real benchmarks, nor do I have any plans to at this time (this is a personal statment).

[Dave#]

I've not seen any massive inverse change in loads on my server, so far the preformance is about the same. I haven't done any real benchmarks, nor do I have any plans to at this time (this is a personal statment).

I think wikipedia has a new definition of FUD

[V-Dub]

3.0, since that's the one I know.