Forums / Cotonti / Development / Poll: A global switch to HTML parsing

As I stated before, there will be no increase in database size, and no slowdown in core by keeping BBcode. If people chose to HTML only they will have a decrease in database side, People who chose to use BBcode still will have the exact same database size as before.

If you want pure HTML your data will only be stored once, as there is no need for a parsed and unparsed version. If anything HTML purifier will slow down (submissions/edits), but that's the tradeoff for using it and keeping things safe. Even then its minor and nothing to worry about.

Only thing that will change by allow HTML is improvement in the core allow additional options.

You have to remember. BBcode isn't for everyone's site, Nor is HTML. The admin should choose what they want or don't want. So that's what we are going to let them do. The people have spoken and they want a way to use HTML better. So that is what we are giving them, without taking away anything from anyone else either.