thelen wrote:quickshot84 wrote:no.. phpbb3 is way better than phpbb2... way more coding options.
its just that the old skin hasnt been put in for this verson
Thats like saying Vista is way better than XP. Or Office 2003 than Office 2000.... All later versions have 'more' 'features', its whether they are useful and make any difference that we want to care about.
Everyone here would agree XP is better then Vista (for now), so if it ain't broke, why fix it?? Especially seing as it now looks crappy, and there might be incompatability problems that make the forum
worse than before for us...
Perfect analogy...
Over 60% of new Vista users (who bought it before first update) had major problems with the OS, The first update was over 300MB (I believe) and months after release, it's still full of bugs.
Now the phpBB group are a great community. I even have a Bertie

. But phpBB3 is still RC (Release Candidate). And it's RC1 (the first of many

). It is not ready for live forums yet, especially ones of this magnitude.
And quicky: "More coding options?". Both phpBB2 and phpBB3 are open source - both have unlimited coding options. Difference is, phpBB3 RC1 (the one currently on the forums) is called
unstable and
discourage people to update as of yet. The code is always open, as it's an open source project. The only reason the RC has been brought out is for people who wish to test it, not for people who wish to use it live.
phpbb.com wrote:We also only give support to those having a clean RC1 installation, previous conversions or updates will not be supported. We encourage only those running the release candidate wanting to test out the new version, it is still recommended to wait for the full release; after all this is a release candidate.
In layman's terms:
We will not give anyone upgrading their forums (us) any support whatsoever (bad).
We recommend you do not use this on a live board; Continue using 2.0.X (We're doing the opposite).
Not to mention none of the MODs or skins we had work, and mostly likely even if we make/get some, they will not work next RC.
/Whitey