Originally posted by DJkC
I think IBForums are much much better than PHPBB2 ?
IBF got hell of features than PHPBB2.
Like mail to friends, print this topic, birth days, etc...
What you think?
What is bad at IBF? Is it slow? Can't custermize?
What is the better stuff of PHPBB2 than IBF? I can't find any.
Please help me to find the best free board.
(Don't care about my spelling )
It's the admin panel that bothers people. PhpBB2's admin panel still sucks, but it's better than IBForums, so I have heard. I've only used phpBB's before; haven't tried IBForums.
Actually, Ikonboard is a really good board if you only look at features and layout. However, the reason people hate it so much is that it sucks up resources. IBForums takes the same features and layout and uses less resources instead. But of course, this has nothing to do with phpBB2.
Like mail to friends, print this topic, birth days, etc...
Actually, those are three really useless features...
Mail to Friends:
If you are really keen on mailing it to your friends, why not just send them a regular e-mail? There's no use in taking up space on a message board with this feature, since few people actually use it.
Print this Topic:
How long does it take to paste into Microsoft Word? Plus, this feature is pretty much obslete.
Birthdays:
This feature is creative, but it really doesn't have much to do with the board itself. However, the main problem is newbies who don't realize that their birthday (along with age!) will show up on the main page of the forum. To some people, this is VERY sensitive information, and I believe that warnings should be put up next to this field when they register.