what is better?!?

actually u CAN have sub forums in phpbb lol,,,,
http://www.phpbbstyles.com/viewtopic.php?t=5553

i guess each one has it's advantages,, i personaly like phpbb!

hey mo, where did you get that quick reply mod for your board?

well, phpBB is free, and that's always a good thing...

Invision for 2 reasons, fast reply, and when you admin its easier to edit the boards.

Invision Board has a lot more features, which are very important to have when running a board. phpBB has some good features, and modifications that I like, but in the long run, I believe that phpBB can't really compete with Invision Board.

It all depends on what type of site you want to have running. Invision is for the more industrial-type sites, while phpBB is for small sites that really don't get extremely popular.

hmm... phpbb2 has some pretty big users out there. of course the real big sites tend to have their own customised version of whatever.

I think people still dont see open source free as the same as commercial, when that isn't the case. I have seen a lot of buggy stuff happening with Invision on some sites, and i have seen the same with phpBB2. Personaly I would go for phpBB2 because I can then customise the hell out of it and get something realy impressive at the end.

But then I'm a developer so I can always write what isn't there, so I have an advantage over a lot of board admins.

PHB is better I think.