Any news about Xenforo 3.0, can we expect modern forum?

[qnkov]

Hello. For half a year, I have been looking for a modern forum system to start an anime/manga site with various features. For example, a video system for watching movies/episodes, a way to add manga/anime as pages with information about them, topics with posters, etc. I saw that all of this is possible with Invision Community.

I waited to see version 5, but it turned out that the self-hosted platform is extremely expensive and has functionality limits. They also changed the way we acquire add-ons, significantly restricting options, and almost no themes exist for their latest version.

On the other hand, XenForo seems like a better alternative in terms of user base and price, but the forum and themes, in general, look like they’re from the early 2000s. I understand that some may find this nostalgic, but it looks incredibly outdated and is not visually appealing.

That’s why I’m wondering what exactly to expect with version 3.0. Can we anticipate a modern interface similar to Invision Community? I really don't want to go to invision as they may drop self-hosted in next version, as they aim for big comapanies, not common users now.

 

[Tamer]

I think that is a narrow way to evaluate a platform. Platforms value should be judged by the software, the ecosystem, third-party developers and the community around it.

 

[jul]

I think that is a narrow way to evaluate a platform. Platforms value should be judged by the software, the ecosystem, third-party developers and the community around it.

Yes that's a great way to justify non existent 'xenforo developers' and small incremental updates of the core over years, while you have to rely on third-party developers to keep something alive and new-looking. Super narrow.

 

[Tamer]

That is a different discussion. We were talking about whether an old profile/title is misleading; now you are turning it into a general complaint about XenForo’s development pace. Those are not the same argument. Don’t use my comment to make a different point.

 

[jul]

That is a different discussion. We were talking about whether an old profile/title is misleading; now you are turning it into a general complaint about XenForo’s development pace. Those are not the same argument. Don’t use my comment to make a different point.

Literally the discussion/thread is about the progress of the Xenforo development pace… Having staff members labeled as ‘xenforo developers’ while they’re gone for over a year is related to that. Especially when those of staff have been listed as top 5 biggest contributors in terms of messages on your forums. It relates to why aren’t my presale questions or other questions answered anymore by these ‘staff members’ who aren’t staff anymore. That is misleading if they are in fact ex staff. Instead of gloating a platform and justifying something wrong you might want to contribute and be helpful. I renewed my license of Xenforo not long ago. When I went back to the Xenforo forums and watched the staff members list and this thread it really came across as if Xenforo is dead. If you have them labeled as staff but not being active for over a year that comes across as if the developers team abandoned Xenforo.
At least label them as ex staff so they still get credit for what they contributed and thus be labeled trustworthy for old threads where they posted. All I did is agree that it is somewhat misleading to have staff members be labeled like that when they are apparently gone for over a year. You can’t justify that.

 

[Tamer]

Fair enough, I understand the concern now. But I wasn’t gloating or trying to justify anything wrong. My point was about respecting past contributors, not pretending outdated labels are ideal. If someone is no longer active staff, then yes, an ex-staff label would probably be clearer.