The Joomla project switched from Simple Machine's SMF forum to phpBB. That is the biggest difference that you are all seeing, which is simply a disparity between features as implemented between the two different systems.
I find the content-free emails annoyingly bereft of useful information too, just for the record ;-) -- Mitch _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
