I do believe that this software is indeed free and undoubtedly the relatively few albeit annoying technical issues could be solved by someone who has knowledge of, or the ability to search into issues for UBB. I would expect that the issue with notifications are because they're not paying for an email service that this board could connect to. The edit button is undoubtedly just a configuration tweak. But that's just a guess based on 40 years building and supporting software.
Agreed--that's my take as well. If the powers that be don't have the time and interest, I wish they'd give our existing mods more power as they obviously care and have proven themselves, or recruit new volunteers. The Newcomers section has declined this past year--I see 14 active threads in Jan'22, vs 27 in Jan'21, vs 43 in Jan'20, vs 49 in Jan'19. Can't blame that all on technical issues, but at least some of the technical issues seem straightforward with a little elbow grease.
Ahh well--things beyond our control. Use that energy to make my bed!
