Let me reiterate: I am hoping that a equal commitment to interface and design will be undertaken by Infopop; one that matches or excels the infrastructure of UBBT. Anything less, again, betrays an indifference to cutomers, both toward the value of their time and to their hope, through UBBT, for success. Considering the kind of circumstance the person in the link below finds themselves, wouldn't you think there is a focus group of UBB users meeting right now at Infopop's HQ to ascertain which qualities of UBB are essential? If there isn't a focus group, and a fundamental re-alignment away from pursuing esoteric self-laudatory innovations {"Made a new option when logging in of having the login be temporary or permanent. (temporary means you will need to login the next time you visit, permanent it will remember you when you return)." Changelog 6}, then for the person outlined below, the only charge they can make is not one of indifference, but of negligence, almost with intent to harm.
Click Here Why are so many of the interface & design features of UBB ALSO in Open Topic? Why did Wraith change to lightbulbs? Why can't you have different banners for different forums? Why do I or the guy above have to spend all our FREE time hacking it in? Boutique Ware... "Ohhh, dude, you want INDIVIDUAL banners! Are you, like,
a business or somethin'?!"?
I and I am sure the person above await the commitment. If you can't say you were wrong at least let us know that you will take the steps to get on the right track. If you read the hack lists for UBBT they largely describe... UBB!
<Made a new option when logging in of having the login be temporary or permanent. (temporary means you will need to login the next time you visit, permanent it will remember you when you return)> Has anyone asked for this? Is there any demonstrated need for it? How many hours did you spend on it? And the same can be asked of the following:
<Redesigned initial template system with...>
<Changes to queries to allow titles/posts/signatures/etc to be dynamically displayed with a user's post. (Basically means these will change over time and will no longer be stored with the posts themselves.)>
<All HTML in front-end scripts validated to be HTML 1.0 compliant>
While people may have even asked for these, how can they take priority over user-frendliness, that you have in both your other products, and the ability to... have different banners for each forum; that is, TO MAKE MONEY??? If this sounds harsh, it isn't; it is simply a direct question. Your efforts right now are misguided. Opinion? Not at all. Your MAIN interface has an error which, unless one is willing to ask users to, "Take a moment, and go to your Windows>Start Menu>Control Panel>Display Options..." ships on all 5.5. You have an error, on the main page, and you asked how many of your staff to verify that all HTML in front-end scripts are validated to be XHTML compliant?? What were you thinking? I depend on you to invest your time wisely. What is the possible advantage of the above improvements? Why do you include Graemlins in UBB & OT? Listen to the user-groups. Look at the hacks, spot the trends, do focus groups and stop spending time on what you THINK users want, or what you may even possibly be just vain-gloriously adding. Make the commitment to have UBBT's interface and design at the same Level as UBB & OT.
