2011-03-20, 02:35
To be honest with you for what XBMC needs this VB software could last a while longer. It looks like it 3.X version.
I have messed with a bunch of the open source forums software's and they are too stripped down for what XBMC does. No open source forum software has a CMS/Blog sytem. So basically XBMC chooses from IP.Boards or Vbulletin. They have the most mods and styles available.
The one thing I wish XBMC forums had was a mobile friendly theme like the new version has. I just imported my forum to the new VB 4.1.2 and think it works well. If you want to see what a real mobile theme looks like point your smart phone to http://www.vbulletin.com/forum and in the bottom left box change it from default to mobile. IP.Boards has a mobile theme too, but their customer service sucks compared to VB. Thats my opinion though.
Of coarse XBMC would need to spend about $300.00 for the new software. I don't know if they want to spend that money on that instead of R&D on hardware for the software.
I have messed with a bunch of the open source forums software's and they are too stripped down for what XBMC does. No open source forum software has a CMS/Blog sytem. So basically XBMC chooses from IP.Boards or Vbulletin. They have the most mods and styles available.
The one thing I wish XBMC forums had was a mobile friendly theme like the new version has. I just imported my forum to the new VB 4.1.2 and think it works well. If you want to see what a real mobile theme looks like point your smart phone to http://www.vbulletin.com/forum and in the bottom left box change it from default to mobile. IP.Boards has a mobile theme too, but their customer service sucks compared to VB. Thats my opinion though.
Of coarse XBMC would need to spend about $300.00 for the new software. I don't know if they want to spend that money on that instead of R&D on hardware for the software.
