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Matt posted a status update 5 days ago. You can go read it. Beta 1 comes out like early next week.

I think vB3 is leap years ahead of IPB Still.

Yeah i read that over there, Personally i hate VB, its OK Buliten software, but you have to pay for it. So IPB is still the best in my books :D

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Matt posted a status update 5 days ago. You can go read it. Beta 1 comes out like early next week.

I think vB3 is leap years ahead of IPB Still.

Wait until you see some of the changes in the Admin CP. The settings management and skin tools are VASTLY improved :)

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IPB 2 doesn't have "Similar Threads" does it?

If it doesn't, then I still prefer vB.

vB3 is complete bloatware.

I always liked vB 2 more then IPB, but it isn't worth the money, and it uses a lot more server resources then ipb does.

IPB 2 has multi-quote, which is the sweetest feature ever :p

I dont think it has similar threads I think, but I hate that feature, it doesn't give relevent results most of the time (on the vB3 sites I use).

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vB3 is complete bloatware.

I always liked vB 2 more then IPB, but it isn't worth the money, and it uses a lot more server resources then ipb does.

IPB 2 has multi-quote, which is the sweetest feature ever :p

That wasn't my question. Thanks for ignoring it and putting in your 2 cents :rolleyes:

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Yep, they used 2.2.6 for a long time.

I think Ikonboard or UBB was used before that, but I dont even remember :blink:

I have been here quite a while and I dont remember Iknoboard being used. Then again, I wasn't all that active for the first year (maybe 400 posts max)

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IPB 2 doesn't have "Similar Threads" does it?

If it doesn't, then I still prefer vB.

No, but vB doesn't have customizable settings, user permissions masks, multi-quote, in-line moderation, built-in database query caching, or a plugin API. Plus, vB (even vB3) is slower than IPB. When neowin switched to IPB (which I helped by writing a custom convertor from vB to IPB when there was none), the server loads dropped dramatically (IIRC they were hovering around 5 and went to 2-3 with IPB). IPB uses drastically less queries and has faster processing on the PHP side of things as well. It scales well to large boards with large threads, and is generally more "friendly" for new users than vB that I've found.

And a similar threads feature is your show-stopper reason for sticking with vB, just hack it in to IPB. It's not that complex of a feature...

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