Desktop.
I've been a longtime member for a different blog site that also used the same vblog or vbulletin, but the owner/admin likes to tinker with the settings.
That site is using vBulletin™ Version 4.2.1;
TalkClassical is using vBulletin™ Version 4.2.5.
The tabs at the top of the page have been configured slightly differently (e.g., there's a
"3 Days Posts" tab). So, under the site banner, instead of
TalkClassical's
What's New . . . . . Forum . . . . . Blogs
it has
Forum . . . . . What's New . . . . . Band Alumni ˘ . . . . . 3DaysPosts . . . . . Shoppe . . . . . Chat . . . . . MyEmail
The second line of tabs, instead of
ActivityStream . . . New Posts . . . NewGroupMessages . . . NewEvents . . . NewBlogEntries . . . MarkForumsRead
It has
NewPosts . . . PrivateMessages . . . FAQ . . . Calendar . . . Community ˘ . . . ForumActions ˘ . . . QuickLinks ˘ . . . WhereAreTheyNow . . . Wiki[band name] . . . AdvancedSearch
This collection of tabs actual overwrites itself if your browser window isn't wide enough.
The ˘ denotes a dropdown menu:
The
BandAlumni opens a dropdown with all of the many former band members.
Community gives links to
Albums, Friends & Contacts, and
BlogMembers.
ForumActions gives links to
MarkForumsRead, GeneralSettings, and
Profile.
QuickLinks gives you
Today'sPosts, SubscribedThreads, OpenContactsPopup, ViewSiteLeaders, and
Who'sOnline.
That site has many, many more emoticons available, but doesn't allow special characters like ñ or é or ü. If you try, it simply shows up as a ?. So, instead of
"Dvořák", you'll get
"Dvo??k".
It allows unlimited editing of posts/comments, which is quite nice for fixing typos, or fixing links that later go dark. There are also several different custom
"skins" available (not really a useful feature, but it's nice to have a choice). At least once they've had a member say farewell to the site in anger, and delete all of his posts. However, any posts of theirs that were "quoted" in someone else's
"Reply With Quote" will have the quote as it appeared when it was quoted.
That said, that
OTHER site has occasional glitches, and sometimes a combination of characters typed into a comment will trigger a command that makes a comment page disappear (so it's possible that page 5 of 15 pages will simply give you a blank screen instead of posts 61-75. Of course, you can reset the number of posts seen per page, so you can force posts to display; e.g. if post 64 is the glitchy post, you could still see posts 71-75 if you set your posts/page to 10.)
There's
one glitch I've noticed on
THIS site. Occasionally when I attempt the "Multi-quote" feature the multi-quotes will continue on and give the multiple quotes when attempting a different ReplyWithQuote in a completely different thread. The multiple quotes should delete themselves after one use. Of course, as an intermittent glitch, it's tough for an Admin or Mod to isolate the problem..