I think user rated would be VB - because people see the bells and whistles and it excites them.
Some people recognize superior "construction" and the speed and reliability that can bring. If you've ever seen the Screen Savers on Tech TV - recently they did a show with Scott from Photopost about online communities. Leo Laporte said that "VB was for a younger crowd, who wanted lots of avatars and Icons etc.."
Just the other day on his message board he said []My philosophy with the boards, as with all of leoville, is simplicity and functionality. That's one of the reasons I chose UBB over vBulletin, say. Adding a bunch of doohickeys just complicates the UI and slows everybody down. I like programs that do one thing well. [/]
So while the majority of lemmings go for bells and whistles - the smarter folks go for speed and reliability. For those of us that have started with a solid foundation - wait til you see the 6.4 changelog. We won't be disappointed with UBB.Threads.
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