This is bothering me too.

I have trialled both UBB and UBBT. I see most of the advantages with UBBT being on the admin side. But I must agree, UBB has a simpler, more user-friendly interface. It is no good having great admin features when its dinner for one.

My testers were very enthusiastic about UBB, but as soon as I put UBBT, that all but dried up.
Many of my visitors will be people with little forum experience, and the UBB interface is far more appealing and welcoming to Newbie 1.0. The animated, instant graemlin menu is a big plus. They are colourful and funny,especially for these people who are used to sending messages with Outlook Express.

I am buying the licence tomorrow, and I don't know which one to go for. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="images/icons/blush.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />