hi
can somebody tell me why should I choice IPB and not UBB or vB ?

Shouldn't you use it and test it for yourself instead of taking the word of people you don't know

Each have their strengths and weaknesses. It really depends on your requirements.

yes and this is my question

I just want to know the STR and WEK of both scripts

I like to hear a different opinions

Then you'll just get personal, subjective opinion.

Btter to write down some 'must haves' and 'nice to haves' and then measure each product against your own personal needs, rather than other peoples' personal prejudices IMO.

right

the best feature I like of UBB is then when you have a new post reply , and you click on the topic it sends you directly to the new post , and not to the page as IPB and vB

OK well IPB lets you see 3 things:

the first post in the topic (by clicking on the topic name)
the next post in the topic since the last time you visited the board (the little icon to the left of the topic name)
the last post in the topic (by clicking on last post by)

Don't know about the competitive products though, so cannot compare.

That's already there in IPB

That has been there for the longest time...

...does anybody even use UBB anymore? I thought it was like, dead.

Honestly, hiligancho, you just need to try each out and decide for yourself. Obviously you're going to get replies in favor of IPB here, replies in favor of vB on vBulletin's forums, and so on. You'll never really get an accurate view of the software until you try it yourself.

i did not knew that - thanks

they absolutely not dead - their new features included :

Upcoming permission system enhancements
Upcoming payment system
Upcoming video blogging options

and Vbulletin is based on UBB ...

Back in 1999 John Percival and James Limm were running a forum community using Infopop's UBB.classic software. As their web site grew larger, they noticed that their UBB/classic could not always handle the number of online users they had.

Searching for a better solution, John Percival decided that it would be better to write their own software. Initially, it was designed solely as a rewrite of UBB, but using PHP and the database MySQL. Even though they wrote this software for only themselves, other UBB owners expressed interest in their solution. John Percival and James Linn offered to sell their code to Infopop, but were rejected. Limm and Percival instead created Jelsoft and released their work as a 'for sale' script, which became vBulletin 1.

After several minor releases of their software, the two decided to start working on a new version that would be more than just a rewrite of UBB: Rewriting the product from top to bottom, vBulletin 2 development began. The eventual release of vBulletin 2 proved to be very successful and made vBulletin Forum Software popular.

http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/

so , now I know for sure it will NOT been vB

Ive never used UBB before but overall I think IPB is 'ALOT' easier to use than vB. However skinning is 'ALOT' easier in vB than IPB. That's my 2 cents.. ive been using IPB for over 3 years and vB for about 1 on my sites.

.Renegade

How do you know that vbulletin-faq website contains correct information?

I have used UBB before and have a vbulletin license and an ipb license, vbulletin outperforms UBB easily not only that but UBB is weaker in terms of security in the days of the CGI version. I remember being able to download a members profile from their ftp and aquire all the information I needed which where potentially important to the user so their password, email address etc (not very secure).

I don't think vb was based off ubb but cannot say it wasn't because I do not know, perhaps ask Scott over at vbulletin. Matt on here even may know.

I would suggest you compare ipb and vb because not many users use ubb anymore.

I have used both vbulletin and IPB (the free version and checked out the demo version of 2.3 today).
Vbulletin isn't difficult but it can get very confusing, even if you're a total webaddict like myself. The forum itself is easy to use but the admin panel is the most confusing one I've come across so far and after a year I still have trouble remembering where I should change certain settings. I never had that problem with IPB. Unlike Renegade I find skinning for IPB a lot easier, also the overall look of the forum just feels better. Keep in mind that vbulletin has just been taken over by another company, this doesn't have to be a bad thing but its unclear what changes will come with it, that's one of the reasons why I'm converting to IPB. Just check out all demos and see which one suits you. Good luck!