Why is your favorite your favorite?

Discussion in 'Community Forum Software' started by Nick, Aug 29, 2009.

  1. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

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    We all have our preferred forum script - whether it be vBulletin, IP.Board, MyBB, etc. -- but what is it about this script that keeps it your number-one choice? What do you just love about it?

    Have you ever had a favorite that you lost faith (and ultimately interest) in?
     
  2. Michael

    Michael Regular Member

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    Vbulletin is my prefferred. We tried out IPB and free ones and to be honest I dont like any of them whatsoever. IPB has a few things vbulletin needs sorting out but that is all, the free ones are good for free, but I wouldnt choose to use them on something I plan on making and dedicating a lot of time to.
     
  3. Ohn03s

    Ohn03s Novice

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    I'm still new to vbulletin but I guess that its userfriendly and has advanced options to configure it in combination with good support :) I currently only use it on a closed community however I plan to get some more licenses to ;)
     
  4. Yoshi

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    My favourite is vBulletin. I don't like the others because, well the free ones I just don't like, or get bored with and end up losing interest for some reason. And IPB, I don't mind it but I just find it a bit confusing.

    With vB I'm just used to everything now so I find it the easiest to use. The amount of mods and styles are awesome too :)

    I just enjoy using it, unlike the others.
     
  5. Kakeru

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    Invision Power Board for its community, support, modern design, member friendly interface, rich admin control panel, and official add ons.
     
  6. Vekseid

    Vekseid Regular Member

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    My first forum software was phpBB, but I was forced into SMF due to security problems, a lack of features, and the fact that, at the time, SMF was the best-coded of the publicly available options that I could get information on.

    I'm currently working on my own CMS, and occasionally Drupal as well, which I think will be the next major player as far as forums are concerned. It's an excellent example of the value of focusing on function before form - yes, it was fugly until version 5, and then it was passable. Version 7 may actually be quite usable for most people, however, and advanced forum may have gobbled up another element by then.
     
  7. Shadow

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    phpBB because it was one that pretty much started the forum universe so-to-speak and their software is easy to use and very user/staff friendly!
     
  8. cheat-master30

    cheat-master30 Grand Master

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    I like vBulletin... actually, I am not sure why, maybe it's that I like the general features, modifications, how easy said modifications are to add and templates to edit, etc. I just never found the other forum software that great to be honest, when I tried out phpBB/SMF/etc, and it's worked fine before, and will work fine in the future.
     
  9. Ryan

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    vBulletin, because I am used to using it inside out.
     

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