Hated software

[Ash]

Is there a software or script that you absolutely hate? And if so, would you be willing to not register on a site if it uses that software/script?

 

[Grungie]

I can’t think of any specific forum software I actually hate.

 

[Abizaga]

Phpbb. Its ugly, clunky, the admincp sucked last I looked and last time I ran one, found it was a pain to theme/mod.

Edit: also aceboard, which was around back in 2007. It was software hosted by the aceboard site but man it was ugly.

 

[Shortie]

One of the forum software that I disliked with a passion in terms of running the software as an admin was phpBB. I believe they have changed how things are done now as I have not used it in a while due to my experience but back when I was using it, the way mods and themes had to be installed was a pain and I would often run into issues and receive errors.

As a member, I do not mind using phpBB though and have no issue with using it as a member.

 

[Cam]

These days, I’d probably say vBulletin, especially when you come across sites still using vBulletin 3.8 or 4.2. I would imagine you’d run into some trouble with PHP compatibility at some point, so you have to eventually be forced into upgrading.

I would never join (or not join) a site over its software though.

 

[Laifot]

Mostly RussianBBs. I tried to run a community with a few of them and failed miserably.