I'm new here myself, so welcome Dan! We are actually converting to XF as well for similar reasons you are, but not because of VB (although VB did get the big thumbs down from all of us on staff on my forum when we discussed what software we'd switch off to). To make a long story short, we are using phpBB at the moment, and nearly all of us are getting pissed with the updates, or rather, lack of them. Takes those guys two flippin' years to come out with the next release, where as these guys seem to time it perfectly, hence why we're switching. A lot of it is more security based than anything, but we'd also grown to love the layout as well, so we held a meeting and decided that enough was enough, and that we needed to move ASAP. I'm kind of excited, really! This is my first time ever converting to a different software, but I don't need help, though, as I have a tech admin who'll be testing things out and then make the final and official conversion.