Well I've never looked at vB before, but apparently 3.6.0 includes several spunky new inline features. The biggest improvement I can see is the new infraction system that should make moderation a doodle. When a user receives a warning, they are automatically notified. That notification includes a field where the moderator should explain the warning, which is something I think everyone will like.
There are also weighted warnings, so something like a signature that goes over our limits might not carry as much weight as starting a flame war, which would be a handy replacement for our “three strikes” system. Whether or not we'll implement that remains to be seen. It would require plenty of consideration.
There's more control over signatures. We won't have to go Nazi on saying “Your banner is too big,” because we can set automatic limits on the image dimensions.
And there's some spunky new abilities relating to buddy/ignore lists, quoting, RSS feeds, and ordering the posts in a forum.
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