Earlier today I had the urge to install phpBB (who knows why) so I head to their website to find some countdown timer. I waited an hour and a half and what do ya know, a brand new website! Of course, I haven’t been there in a while and if I had felt this odd urge an hour and forty minutes later I would have had no idea this new site was some big unveiling. Lucky me. My excitement for the day.

Anyway, I got phpBB installed (the newest RC – 3.something.something)and everything but I have to say that I really don’t like it. I may not be the best person to judge how “good” a forum platform is (considering I have absolutely no need for a forum) everything just seemed really overdone. There were tons of features that I couldn’t imagine ever needing. And it was slow. Nothing responded quickly.

I think if I were ever to have a forum I would write a custom one. Forums are usually created for a specific topic and phpBB using a forum made for anything and everything doesn’t seem like the way to go.