I think your disparaging remarks re: Sirdude are unwarranted. He is much more honorable character than you have described him. He has too much invested personally, never mind the client base he has established to put this update on the back burner. Yes, quite some time has elapsed since the announcement that this update was coming. But being one who has used this software since the mid-90s and been through the 'dark times' I am confident that it will be released in due time. Patience is a virtue!

*agreed* Pilgrim.

Though I am as impatient as anyone.I still haven't lost hope. SD is one of those ones to trust. Always has and probably always will be.

Dunny

Well stated. Let's not do anything to discourage SD. He's the one that's stuck with making this happen.

I rate SD, and I agree we should not push him but rather give him credit for getting us this far in comparison to where we were before. He has inherited a Frankenstein of sorts having to fix things making sure it's done right. Building a solid foundation is the most difficult and time consuming part.

SD gets my vote. 'nuff said!

SD rhymes with OK.

I'm pretty close to jumping ship as well.

I love UBBthreads but sadly my company forum had to go with VB.


I still hope someday UBBthreads gets updated and I can use it again on some personal sites.

I've been using UBB since 1997, when I started my site. I even bought the "Gold" lifetime update thingie.

The problem is... no updates... ever.

I've been loyal, and silently, patiently waiting for the long-promised new version, but my forum is dwindling on a daily basis as users jump ship and get attracted by sites that have more "modern" features such as the various little things everyone has become accustomed to on Facebook and Google +. With site features that the general public now considers to be primitive, it's very hard to attract and maintain a user base that has been spoiled by "the Big Guys". How can anyone compete with the major players in social networking today?

We don't even have the login feature with which someone can sign up using their Facebook or Google account info to become a member immediately without filling in a form. This is a huge negative.

I'm sure Sir Dude is a very talented, hard-working, dedicated programmer, but the last "official" announcement about progress was made in autumn of 2011, and things have gone awfully quiet since then.

Is there any real reason I should keep on waiting, or should I look for a bright, shiny alternative before I lose 100% of my membership? These days, it seems as though forum members want modern *features*, and when they don't find them, they grow annoyed and hot & bothered and leave for greener pastures. UBB doesn't even display properly on a tablet or a smartphone -- unusable on mobile devices. Another huge hit on membership participation.

I feel completely dejected about having waited so long, and my once-thriving, busy site is slowly becoming a ghost town... people refuse to use the primitive "Gallery", it's virtually impossible to change the site layout and get something that looks a little bit customized and "fresh" int he way of theme choices, unless you can write your own PHP code it's very difficult to incorporate a "+1" button or "Like" button without getting random unwanted pictures in the shared item and all the non-member text about "Please Login" instead of the post text that was supposed to be shared.

I'm really, really sad about it, but I think I may have waited patiently too long, and my business has taken real damage from waiting. (sigh)