LOL @ Real forum software.

I amuses me that Orca upsets you so much - lol.

It's funny - when I migrated some old users to dolphin from phpBB - they all said the same - the forum is crap - but they all still post there, and no one really misses the extra garnish that a lot of these other products have, after all the main idea is simply to communicate and Orca achieves this adequately. It's not what the forum DOES - it's more a case of what it CONTAINS.

But I know what you mean about file see more attachments, just don't want to replicate too much. Dolphins main issue is that it does not link the two together - posting images + the gallery / posting file attachments + the file module.

However, The TinyMCE browser mods handles it nicely enough.

The HTMLPurifier might be an idea worth looking into. The BB code idea was simply to accommodate those who are familiar with it - it's an addition to the editor - you can either use the TinyMCE controls, OR type BB code directly into the editor - it's just legacy support for those migrating from other platforms.

Change is hard enough for most people, making the transition smoother is the key.

/DM