Thank god for vBulletin

[Dream]

Originally posted by Matt@ikonboard
I think they changed them so they could own the copyright on them...

yes.. and now no one is going to use it lol.

so, the old ones are not copyrighted? care to share some info on that ? who made them?

[Matt@ikonboard]

The icons are ...interesting. I think they changed them so they could own the copyright on them...

[Menno]

gotta agree... bad icon design

[Dream]

wow. did you saw the new smilies/icons? man, they lost it.

[Skeptical]

Yeah that must have been it, because later on it disappeared after I navigated a bit. For a while I thought you guys had taken a "liking" to infopoop haha.

[Stallion]

Did you find this thread via a search for Infopop? It does highlight search terms...

[John Harrison]

Infopop = Hot Discussion

[Skeptical]

Hey this is funny! Why does the word "infopop" automatically turn red?

[edit]Nevermind. It disappeared! I think the vB developers were playing around in the backend or something...[/edit]

[Skeptical]

Slurpee of Infopop spewed this: Furthermore, the "other" board that you are referring certainly didn't create something new. They used an existing business and board model (UBB) and wrote a PHP-coded solution. Stop heralding them as heroes when all they did was jump on the bandwagon created by UBB's success. This attitude really irks me.

Here's the original thread:

http://ubbforums.infopop.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=27&t=000641

[Unown]

Originally posted by klisis
[B Then what? What is UBB going for now? [/B]

Ummm, go for free? LOL

[Dream]

lol i thought of that. guess they dont know anymore.

[klisis]

Well, Infopop's price change seems they are targetting biz people and they don't make the board with sql backend. UBB is no longer for hobby sites due to its price. Also UBB is no longer for biz due to the way it was created.(cgi with flat text database). Then what? What is UBB going for now?

[Dream]

lol

sorry about that, i think i just needed to spit it out you know... *ahhhh*

I feel much better now.. thanks.

[Dream]

on the copying ideas...

i feel bad for infopop that everyone copied their concept of a 'forum'... but hey, everyone has been screaming around for features for a long time now... and there were some very good ideas people suggested/created already.. you cant stop evolution u know.

if infopop wants to keep their board simple, ok then, keep it simple. there are people that dont want it that way.

about the database, lol, thats not even a competition. i like ubb too, but for large boards it just doesnt work. it was not designed for that. i heard rumors of database compatibility, but i dont know if they are true. i wish them luck, but i dont wanna nor can wait anymore. and if infopop releases a php version of their product, ill go give a big LOL at some peoples faces.

what does infopop created? the forum page with topics and posts numbers, and topic listing with replies? a control panel? as i think its great, thats raw conception imho. i dont wanna start a fight or anything, i just think that way, and i think its rational to. if ted doesnt want it, many people want u know.

anyway, congratulations vb, good luck.

[klisis]

and those who done something unique first will make major money for a while