I've heard some people say it's not worth the upgrade, but what do you guys think?
Forums - vBulletin 5 Demo
Forums - vBulletin 5 Demo
So what do you guys think about vB5?
Batskes
Customer
TBH, I've never really cared what others think. I've been a loyal vBulletin member for many years now and seen releases of the upgraded vB3 and also vB4. Both received a lot of unsteadyness with customers. You will always hear a lot of beef be bought out of the woodwork when ANYONE decides to do any form of upgrade then make users pay for that upgrade.
Such like when DBTech will bring out vB5 mods that will incur an added cost. It's all about personal feel. Some may wish to buy the upgrades, some might not. Some will buy the upgrades with ease of mind that it is a trusted source but may never end up using the purchased software. But it is ALWAYS guaranteed to bring people out of the cracks to say they feel ripped off. No, not charging for the software that people have worked long and hard on to try and provide a new platform for users to feel more at home has any moral problems. I mean how would you pay the coders? Oh, the good old money tree that people "feel" successful companies like vB should be watering out the back.
I've bought vB5 and personally think it is a GREAT setup that could, in time, help a forum with a large size such as mine. Maybe even a smaller site that feels they can grab more attention by giving their site a Social Networked feel. But over recent weeks and trial and error set ups with my forums and added mods such as DBTech's forum tabs could very well leave the unreleased vB5 obsolete.
So. In short. If you want to get it and try it out, it is your choice. Ask your members to take a look at videos about vB5, maybe even run a donation drive if they all agree on an upgrade. If worse comes to worse. You asked and the community decided so it's not like you forced the members into it (funny that in theory this also brings the "I never agreed to this forum upgrade" members out, much like when facebook release a new timeline setup)..
Than again, that's my two cents...
In saying that.. I seem to be the only one with a comment that has been allowed by vB on their vB5 connect youtube video, but showing them support by purchasing their software is just something I'm happy to do.. Even if I don't ever use it!! HA
Such like when DBTech will bring out vB5 mods that will incur an added cost. It's all about personal feel. Some may wish to buy the upgrades, some might not. Some will buy the upgrades with ease of mind that it is a trusted source but may never end up using the purchased software. But it is ALWAYS guaranteed to bring people out of the cracks to say they feel ripped off. No, not charging for the software that people have worked long and hard on to try and provide a new platform for users to feel more at home has any moral problems. I mean how would you pay the coders? Oh, the good old money tree that people "feel" successful companies like vB should be watering out the back.
I've bought vB5 and personally think it is a GREAT setup that could, in time, help a forum with a large size such as mine. Maybe even a smaller site that feels they can grab more attention by giving their site a Social Networked feel. But over recent weeks and trial and error set ups with my forums and added mods such as DBTech's forum tabs could very well leave the unreleased vB5 obsolete.
So. In short. If you want to get it and try it out, it is your choice. Ask your members to take a look at videos about vB5, maybe even run a donation drive if they all agree on an upgrade. If worse comes to worse. You asked and the community decided so it's not like you forced the members into it (funny that in theory this also brings the "I never agreed to this forum upgrade" members out, much like when facebook release a new timeline setup)..
Than again, that's my two cents...
In saying that.. I seem to be the only one with a comment that has been allowed by vB on their vB5 connect youtube video, but showing them support by purchasing their software is just something I'm happy to do.. Even if I don't ever use it!! HA
I'm not in a position to say at the moment. We use vBulletin 4.2.0 and we use both the content management system and the calendar. As neither of these features is presently in vB5 we can't even test it properly at the moment. I have an open mind about it.
