xmb vs. vbulletin

[cags]

since I'm suscribed to this bulletin (a day ago) i'm really amazed about i'ts functionality.

how good is xmb ?

can you compare xmb to vbulletin?


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note : xmb is free vbulletin not

[nsr81]

XMB is free and vBulletin is not. and as always you get more functionality in something that you pay for.

Besides that the major visible differences I found were:

items -------------- vBulletin ----------------- XMB
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Messaga Icon ------- 14 ----------------------- 12
-Smileys --------------- 11 ----------------------- 8
-auto URL parse ----- Yes --------------------- No
-email notification --- Yes --------------------- Yes
-file attachment ----- Yes -------------------- No
-active users list ----- Yes -------------------- Yes
-Private messaging -- Yes ------------------- Yes(U2U)
-Preview Posts
whe replying --------- Yes -------------------- Yes

About the backend process, xmb is pretty easy to setup. It creates all it's database tables by itself. stability and other stuff, seem promising but again I haven't used it extensivly. I don't know anything about vB's backend process, may be reuben or someone else can tell you about that.

Well if i missed anything or you need anything specific, I've xmb installed at http://www.al-iqbal.org/forum/ , you can check that out.

P.S. please don't laugh at my lousy table.

[avg-joe]

:D :D Bwaaaaa-ha-ha-ha!!!!!:D :D

[nsr81]

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy:mad:








:D

[KimikoChan]

lol!

[madhouse]

actually v-bulletin is a very good format mainly becuase its not a beta like xmb.I currently use both forum boards,but v-bulletin is by far the best that i have used.The thing i do like about xmb is that its a free board unlike v-bulletin which u have to pay 85 dollars for a 1yr license..Kinda high priced for a forum board,or u can spend over 100 dollars for a permnant license,which in my opinion is still too high.So using xmb in its beta form is still good and offers almost as many options as v-bulletin but cost u nuthin.Dunno if this will help u any but free is free.

[kilobitio]

how about phpBB