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Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Canadian Lover on 12 May 2003, 04:06
http://www.petitiononline.com/25464/petition.html (http://www.petitiononline.com/25464/petition.html)
Note: for the email, use [email protected]
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Maniaman on 12 May 2003, 04:36
Thishas been tried before I belive... Nothing has ever happened. Usually those posts gt throwin in the bin or locked.

But I agree... I dont really like the UBB here.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: TheQuirk on 12 May 2003, 04:45
Also, feel free to sign my shut-the-hell-up petition, located here (http://www.analse.cx).
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: flap on 12 May 2003, 04:54
These online petitions really work. There was one against that war in Iraq, and you don't see that still going on do you?

Please sign my Get rid of the human race (http://www.baps.co.uk) petition.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Pantso on 12 May 2003, 05:25
The UBB here is a bit old and I myself prefer the phpBB but creating a petition won't get you anywhere.   (http://smile.gif)  

It's all up to the Webmaster actually.   ;)
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: lazygamer on 12 May 2003, 06:48
I have no problem with UBB. If a new format is chosen, please allow the modifiable nickname option. It's a great idea.

Oh and please allow silly ass script kiddies to use those characters that allows them to fake member names, "Calum:Crusader for BS" was hilarious(to name one example).  :D
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 12 May 2003, 15:31
Okay, this forum is out of date, but I don't care and you have too much time on your hands to be thinking about this.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Calum on 12 May 2003, 15:51
i agree.

the 'UBB sucks' movement sucks.

that said i am morally opposed to UBB compared with phpBB and ikonboard (which are both superior in my opinion, well maybe not ikonboard depending on what your expectations are) for the simple reason that UBB is closed source and it costs money.
now THAT sucks.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 12 May 2003, 20:36
Here is what I have to say:

UBB is SHIT.
It is a paid product which is inferior to other free products such as phpbb
It doesn't even encrypt passwords using MD5. SO THAT MEANS THE ADMINS CAN SEE THE PASSWORD YOU USE
You can't have avatars

I'm not going to insult the people who run this site but WHAT GOT STUCK UP YOUR ARSEHOLE WHEN YOU PAID MONEY FOR THIS SHIT
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Calum on 12 May 2003, 21:51
quote:
Originally posted by TheKnifeThrower:
SO THAT MEANS THE ADMINS CAN SEE THE PASSWORD YOU USE
yes? that is news to me.
quote:

I'm not going to insult the people who run this site but WHAT GOT STUCK UP YOUR ARSEHOLE WHEN YOU PAID MONEY FOR THIS SHIT
as i understand it they didn't pay for it, although i don't know the actual situation.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: KernelPanic on 12 May 2003, 22:31
I hope we don't have avatars, I hate them. When reading a thread I wan't to read a thread - not look at a stupid 35x50 image that some d00d thinks is funny.
Signatures are just about acceptable...
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 13 May 2003, 03:06
Those are some good points. How ironic that we've been using closed source to help spread open source.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: flap on 13 May 2003, 03:19
Well this isn't exactly an OSS/FS advocacy site - the webmaster favours a propritary operating system. As do you.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: xyle_one on 13 May 2003, 03:39
it would be nice to move to something like phpbb, but that just seems like a huge pain in the ass. i think for what it does, it works fine. there are some features i would like to see, like stickies & board-wide announcements that reflect on every forum, but it isnt that big of a deal.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: TheQuirk on 13 May 2003, 05:02
PhpBB doesn't scale very well...
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Master of Reality on 13 May 2003, 06:02
quote:
Originally posted by TheKnifeThrower:
Here is what I have to say:

UBB is SHIT.
It is a paid product which is inferior to other free products such as phpbb
It doesn't even encrypt passwords using MD5. SO THAT MEANS THE ADMINS CAN SEE THE PASSWORD YOU USE
You can't have avatars

I'm not going to insult the people who run this site but WHAT GOT STUCK UP YOUR ARSEHOLE WHEN YOU PAID MONEY FOR THIS SHIT
the webmaster didnt have to pay for it
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 13 May 2003, 07:19
I'm sick of phpbb too. I think that's what every forum I post at except for this one is.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 13 May 2003, 23:41
What about invision power board.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Refalm on 14 May 2003, 00:07
Nah, Invasion just isn't worth to install instead of UBB. Personally, I think the rating thingy of UBB is quite cool.
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: Canadian Lover on 15 May 2003, 03:26
quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk:
PhpBB doesn't scale very well...


I think it scales VERY well
Title: Get rid of UBB petition
Post by: TheQuirk on 15 May 2003, 04:07
quote:
Originally posted by The all Microsoft hater:


I think it scales VERY well


I think you don't know what you're talking about. It's commonly known fact that on high volume forums, PhpBB is much slower than vBulletin or Invision Board.