I know all these things are important, but what is MOST important?

You may elaborate below :)

Has to be the admin tools for me.

Hard to tell for admin. For admin is importat almost all. But admin is one person or two, three people. There is lot of members and most important for them is Fast Speed / Low Server Load. When forum is fast then members are satisfied and admin with them.

Well yea I know what you mean. The server load/speed is pretty much a guaranteed thing for me though. I mean, IP.Board has always been fast and will probably get faster..I just think that the AdminCP is next to none, its by far the best control panel of any Forum Software IMO...

Ease of use.

Tech support :lol: :(

Where is the option for 'Customers'? :wub:

Ease of adding modifications / skins + Admincp

My best.

All of them.

Combination of 1/3. Ease of use is great for the Administration, yet low server loads and fast speeds are key for the average user. I voted for ease of use, as my members are more important than myself, in my opinion.

For me the most important is the security that Ipb offers

Clean use and Ease of use, it was always easy to learn how to use IPB.

Probably Ease of adding modifications / skins... considering I switched from vB due to the fact IPB has a better integration available with another software I want to use, but features, and customability are 2 things I'd like as well. :P

IPB is pretty much the total package i.e. forum, gallery, downloads system and all integrated. I don't like the sites with seperate galleries that aren't integrated. All that's missing is a IPB built links system. (Yes I have the bFarber links system 3)

Being secure (now) is fairly important as well.

3DKiwi

Ease of adding modifications / skins
I want to see a plugin engine such the one in wbb