Mobile forum?

[Ruy Horta]

Hi all,

The forum software is getting a bit old, as I skipped the current upgrade to save funds. However there is a new version in the making - beta stage - and it might be time to make the jump.

The license isn't cheap - relatively speaking, of course - so i need your input when it comes to features

Would you consider the addition of a "mobile" version of the forum - as in smart phone optimized - to be of any value?

Adding this feature practically doubles the price, so it would be a shame if isn't something you would use.

Finally would any of you consider making a small donation?
Thinking of something like a max USD 5,- per head fund raiser.

Thanks for your time.

[Christer Engdahl]

Personally, I wouldn't use a mobile forum but don't let me stop development. The forum is worth five bucks as it is so if payable by PayPal, count me in!

[Bruce Dennis]

Hi Ruy,

About the mobile forum feature, that is the sort of thing that I would normally say wouldn't interest me, but in the last year I have surprised myself with the number of things I now do on the phone: is there a forum using the feature we could visit? Seeing it in operation would probably help.

Please advise PayPal address, contribution will be cheerfully made.

Regards,
Bruce

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear Ruy,

I think the big stopper in moving up into the 4.0 releases of vBulletin is that you lose your forever license. By e-mail, I have received annoyingly frequent notices of the next Beta version, clearly indicating the lack of a mature product.

I have no idea what bells and whistles the 4.0 releases come with but, for me, I am content to stay put, as I have over at LWAG.

As for a mobile version, I'm not the one to ask. As far as I've gotten into the world of mobility is a TracPhone for emergency use and that after being chewed out by my daughter for not having one when I landed in the hospital last year.

Regards,
Richard

[John Beaman]

Originally Posted by Richard T. Eger

Dear Ruy,

I think the big stopper in moving up into the 4.0 releases of vBulletin is that you lose your forever license. By e-mail, I have received annoyingly frequent notices of the next Beta version, clearly indicating the lack of a mature product.

I have no idea what bells and whistles the 4.0 releases come with but, for me, I am content to stay put, as I have over at LWAG.

As for a mobile version, I'm not the one to ask. As far as I've gotten into the world of mobility is a TracPhone for emergency use and that after being chewed out by my daughter for not having one when I landed in the hospital last year.

Regards,
Richard

Now, Richard, you need to get into the 21st Century. Hey, how can you stand not being on Facebook?!!

You could be on the Riviera, looking TOCH instead of having great wine and food!

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear John,

Now, do I answer tongue in cheek or play the straight man? Let's try it straight.

Thankfully, since I am not a software guru, but my son is, he handles the needs of LWAG. When vBulletin 4.0 came out, I wondered whether to update to it or leave things as they were. My son saw no advantage in the update and, as I said, with the 3.0 version you own the license forever, but with 4.0 you don't. Obviously, Ruy made the same decision. The fact that they were coming out with new Beta versions of the latest 5.0 release almost on a daily basis made me really shudder. Who the heck puts out a product that incredibly immature? Remember the frosting Apple got when its latest gadget had a messed up maps program? Perhaps it also didn't help the company's stock price, which has slid from $700 down to $450.

If you have been keeping up with the news, Twitter accounts were recently hacked, as were the records of various major newspapers. The head of Facebook has a notorious record for trying to not have secure accounts, because the accounts not being secure means that there is more marketability. The upshot is that I have studiously avoided social media sites.

I think I've done with my travel days at this point, so, at least for me, I don't need mobility features. As much as I like TOCH!, if I were on a cruise, I think I'd have a lot better things to do than check in on TOCH!. It isn't going anywhere and I can always catch up when I return. But, if I read you correctly, you completely agree with me on this point.

Now, this would have been a lot more fun if I'd done it tongue in cheek.

Regards,
Richard

[Maximowitz]

Quite happy to make a donation Ruy - no worries.

[Allan125]

hi Ruy

No interest in the Mobile forum, but happy to make your suggested donation via paypal.

cheers

Allan