[Darth-Apple]

MyBB 1.8 beta 2 was released early this month, and from what I can tell, they will likely be releasing their final beta soon. I'm a bit hesitant to start migrating anything over yet because I'm still not sure if they will be modifying any of the templates, but once beta 3 is released, I definitely plan on beginning the port of our current theme. My goal is to be converted within about a month or so of MyBB 1.8's release, and I'm quite excited about it.







I actually don't like the new front end theme at all. I think it's a bit ugly and hope that somebody ports the current 1.6.x theme over for those who prefer it. However, the admin CP looks amazing on the new theme. They've made a lot of long awaited fixes and edits as well. Some things I've noticed so far include:

• you can't rate your own threads anymore.
  
• The buddy system is much improved
  
• Profile fields management is significantly improved
  
• They've added a contact us page and a theme switcher. That's two plugins admins no longer need to install. ;D
  
• They've significantly improved their editor pages so that the editor width is actually proper. That's a much needed improvement.
  
• Some statistics and forum team improvements
  
• Numerous PM system improvements
  
• Usergroup invites (this will be a feature to play with)
  
• Soft delete (recover deleted posts)
  
• Tons of new settings
  
• New anti spambot features, including security questions. (Yet another plugin we no longer need to install)
  
• Gravatar support
  

The default theme is a bit of a mess, but overall, they've made quite a few improvements that I've picked up on in my short one hour of test use. I'm pretty excited about it. Who else is looking forward to MyBB 1.8's release?