vBulletin 4

[NolFito]

I agree with you on the public beta. I hate to say it, I know IB is trying to pull something different and new. But, WHEN your customers are telling you to NOT change, then you SHOULD listen. Most businesses, who've had customers disagree with the way the company is running. Well, they usually shut down or take a HUGE hit. I thought IB would know better?

Not everybody is asking for everything to remain the same. I rather see change, suffer a hit or two but see Jelsoft and vBulletin be able to be freed from the shackles that have lead them to be dragging more and more behind.

[feldon23]

Not everybody is asking for everything to remain the same. I rather see change, suffer a hit or two but see Jelsoft and vBulletin be able to be freed from the shackles that have lead them to be dragging more and more behind.

Spoken by someone who'd never even heard of vBulletin during 3.0 or 3.5.

[cellarius]

Spoken by someone who'd never even heard of vBulletin during 3.0 or 3.5.

So - what join date or version history does entitle you to voice your opinion hereabouts - in your eyes?
But since I only started with 3.5 and don't have that impressive postcount, I probably don't count, either...

[cedivad]

I'm soooooooo tired of wait for this vbulletin relase.. maybe i will die first, else if i'm only 16...
for some unusefull update: http://twitter.com/KierDarby

[NolFito]

Spoken by someone who'd never even heard of vBulletin during 3.0 or 3.5.

Not entirely sure whether that is a good or bad remark. Most would agree that vBulletin 3.6-8 was getting old performance and scalability wise, looks could always be fixed, but the new style doesn't disappoint (from the looks of it)

[LinkAdage]

I am not sure I want VB 4.0 - My understanding is that 4.0 will be based on a SMARTY templating engine which is almost sure to break all current mods. Expect your favorite mod to die a quick death unless it is paid mod and/or heavily supported.

Why SMARTY Templates which are obsolete and abandoned for 2 years? It seems Internet Brands is very familiar with Smarty and they have many coders that still work with Smarty, to switch off to more current templating engine would cost much more and take more time to develop.

Be careful what you wish for. I'll be using 3.8* for a long time. Hopefully, this is not the end of vBulletin dominance.

[Wayne Luke]

Your understanding is not correct. We are not using Smarty for our templates but building on the template system we have used for years and extending it. You are correct that most existing modifications will need to be updated to run on vBulletin 4 as the template system is more structured and you can't just toss any variable at it anymore.

[Steve Machol]

I am not sure I want VB 4.0 - My understanding is that 4.0 will be based on a SMARTY templating engine which is almost sure to break all current mods.

You're understanding is wrong. vB 4 is not using SMARTY.

[Booth]

But since I only started with 3.5 and don't have that impressive postcount, I probably don't count, either...

Hey I don't have an impressive post count and I became a license holder during the 3.0 days. I just don't spend all my time *****ing on here

[dbembibre]

Your understanding is not correct. We are not using Smarty for our templates but building on the template system we have used for years and extending it. You are correct that most existing modifications will need to be updated to run on vBulletin 4 as the template system is more structured and you can't just toss any variable at it anymore.

Only one thing, in vB4 i cant import my heavily custom 3.8 style and work how was posible in the migrations accross 3.0 3.5 3.6 and 3.7 vB versions ?

[Zachery]

You will need to redo your templates. Just like vB2 to vB3.

[feldon23]

So - what join date or version history does entitle you to voice your opinion hereabouts - in your eyes?

A blanket statement about development needing to change without the background of how 3.0 and 3.5 were developed will always be somewhat short sighted. That was my point.

Good news for you if you find the 3.6/3.7/3.8 cycle to be slow...You can expect much faster release cycles with 4.0.

[NolFito]

Good news for you if you find the 3.6/3.7/3.8 cycle to be slow...You can expect much faster release cycles with 4.0.

I think the progress was slow during that time frame. You can release as many iterations as you want but if they don't have quality substance...

[fufu]

why would staff say no to buying a new license before pricing for vB4 is released?

[Fusion]

why would staff say no to buying a new license before pricing for vB4 is released?

They wouldn't (obviously).