I'm actually stunned by the terrible quality of most bulletin-board software. It's telling that every forum I enjoy frequenting is one where the developers pulled a NIH and re-invented the wheel.
I'd like to know opinions on IPB actually.
What were your thoughts on XenForo?
Hell no. It's based on the Zend framework which is an even greater pile of rot!
For real? Oh a spaghetti fan I see.
Nope. Just not a fan of adding piles of abstraction on top of something that just crawls already. To be honest I'd use a different language/platform if you need to use patterns like that where they perform (java/c#).
Bit of a "no true scotsman" that one as well. Just because someone doesn't use Zend doesn't mean they write spaghetti.
I've had to deal with the multi-day aftermath of an XSS worm twice. That's when you realise that it's as bad as it is. After that it was "get fucked" and move to phpbb which while is not a stellar product it seems to be put together with a modicum of common sense and has a responsive community and support.