I do not think i will support this community any longer.

[Magic_Mike]

After recent "happenings" here i have the impression that you stabbed the community in it's back.

And that is certainly the end of any good software.

I honestly liked to use the smf forum software but
i think i will switch to another where the staff is not split in half.

I will see what comes out of this site in a few weeks/months.

It was good to know you guys.

But this is something not taken lightly!

[catfished]

Try to hang in for awhile longer. They're at least talking so it might get resolved.

[busterone]

Yes, Do not run in haste. SMF isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

[Mick.]

Bah!

Its gettin' old already.  SMF isnt going down or fade.  Did you notice SMF is running RC3?
Wouldnt you think that if it was in trouble they be shut down by now?

Wether there is support staff or not, there will always be some, either the same ones or new ones.

Obviously SMF is not doing what theyre doing at this very moment for a lost cause ya know?

::sigh::


Worth mentioning...

SMF is free, it means that the folks who develop SMF have lives outside.  They will work on it after they change diapers, get off work after 5, after they done their groceries, laundry, etc.

If SMF was a paid program,  sure go ahead and ****** your best.

[Magic_Mike]

Haven't you noticed a drastic decrease in ( good ) themes and mods ?

[Mick.]

Haven't you noticed a drastic decrease in ( good ) themes and mods ?

You prefer mods and themes to come first over RC3? 

[Artica]

I think every organization, company, etc. goes through some troubled times. That's what you get when you have something so large. Every so often people need to look at their priorities, their current direction and plans. Unfortunately sometimes it can turn out pretty bad, but a sure way to survive and continue better than before is to persevere. A sure way for failure is to give up at the first sign of trouble.

Honestly, I've been a bit worried at the state of things. I thought things were fine and dandy, then I came back to see drama all over the place. >_>;' But I'm not giving up quite yet. I've used SMF for years and I'm not going to leave over something like this. Hopefully things can be resolved in a way that benefits everyone, and then I'm sure once we all know the full story about everything we can make a better assessment.

[bullbreedluverz]

as a theme maker myself at the moment with trasitional process of rc2 to rc3 reported to be in a short space of time really i personally havent been making so many themes simply because of having to change and update everything and for that reason i have a lot of themes on hold at the moment

also with the recent shift of the default theme to curve a lot of people are still learning how to code/theme Curve based themes so it may take some theme designers a while to fully get up to speed on Curve based themes

another point i think is holding back the development of interesting designed themes is variants - just my opinion but i do think all the variants being made by people is taking the easy option rather than people experimenting more with themes and pushing the design boundries further

[bullbreedluverz]

Haven't you noticed a drastic decrease in ( good ) themes and mods ?

You prefer mods and themes to come first over RC3?

that doesnt really make sense as its not smf who make the mods and themes so the smf staff being busy working on RC3 doesnt prevent 1.1.x and 2.0 rc2 themes and mods being made

[Nick Whetstone]

Haven't you noticed a drastic decrease in ( good ) themes and mods ?

You prefer mods and themes to come first over RC3?

that doesnt really make sense as its not smf who make the mods and themes so the smf staff being busy working on RC3 doesnt prevent 1.1.x and 2.0 rc2 themes and mods being made

Yes, note that most Mod authors are not associated with the SMF team, and even those that are own their own Modifications, not SMF. SMF doesn't endorse and can't place a warranty on any third-party Modifications and Themes. At least, that's the way I've understood it since I've been on SMF.

[Magic_Mike]

I have been using smf for some time now ( when did you guys converted from yabb to smf )
i do this not lightly and not without a reason.

I know that a site like this is totally dependant on its users and mod/theme coders.
soooooo.....

@Tsukuyomi: I know that i have a company of my own and have seen very "nasty" times that is a natural process and can not be avoided ( learning by doing , right )

What i prefer a working final smf2.0 without major issues and that is still not the case.

Frankly i dont care what happend or will happen but you need to have the supporters.
Without it any community is dead.

[dkharp]

Every company has it's drama one time or another. SMF is not immune to it as any other company. If I recall IPBOARD had a issue in it's day and VBulletin. 

Any mature adult knows these things happen. I myself enjoy SMF and the community in my spare time.  It's a privilege to have such a great freeware as SMF on the market.

In time you wont even remember what happened or it wont be a big deal to any mature adult that wants a professional forum software.

[Kindred]

wow...

SMF is not going anywhere
Despite the drama, we are still here, we are still working and we are still planning the releases.

Many mod and theme authors are waiting the release of 2.0 because of so many changes to the code and the templates, so the reason that mods and themes are so slow is because... yes, we are a little behind in the release schedule

[efovargue]

I think it's worth hanging in there a while longer -

[kat]

You show me ANY organisation that doesn't have strife and I'll show you an organisation that's stagnant.

[adbrad]

After recent "happenings" here i have the impression that you stabbed the community in it's back.

And that is certainly the end of any good software.

I honestly liked to use the smf forum software but
i think i will switch to another where the staff is not split in half.

I will see what comes out of this site in a few weeks/months.

It was good to know you guys.

But this is something not taken lightly!

i had the same feelings but after looking around for another free software couldn't find anything as easy to use or as good as smf so thought i would stick around and see where it goes

[rd]

I wouldn't leave SMF unless there was another free software that could match SMF's power. phpBB doesn't count because it's a patchetic software that get's spammed a lot.

Also, why would you create this topic? If your gonna convert then convert, don't try to make a scene. Hopefully your new conversion won't be phpBB.

If your looking for information regarding SMF's development, then look at the other posts and topics.

- Royalduke

[Trekkie101]

Hopefully you stick around, we're doing some good things around here and certainly didn't stab the back of the community.

Good luck in what you choose to do

[Arantor]

I'm still supporting the software *shrug*

[Gargoyle]

This thread makes me LOL....