On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Joe Barnhart <joe.barnh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please don't take this as criticism of web2py or T3. I feel I have to > speak out on this even if it makes me unpopular. > > The T3 wiki is just not up to the standards of a "real" wiki. It is a > facinating example of how much web2py can do with so little coding, > but it is not a serious industrial-grade wiki. Why do I say this? > > -- It lacks the features that make a wiki a wiki, i.e. retention of > all edits for all time, automatic or manual hyperlinks to the other > content on the wiki, etc. > > -- It does not "look" like a wiki. It features a large and prominent > menu bar for navigation. It uses slow and annoying javascript effects > for its menus. Real wikis are based on a few index pages and really > good search. They do not use javascript effects or other eye-candy. > > -- Its articles lack the depth and range of markup I see in other > wikis -- but I do not know if this is an inherent constraint of the > markup language or just the styles chosen by the writer of the > content. > > There is a strong desire to "eat our own dogfood". That we could > develop a full commercial-grade wiki application within web2py and use > this as a way of improving the platform. But do be misled into > thinking it will be a quick or simple task. I fear we will be > committing ourselves to more "axe sharpening" rather than moving > forward on the task of documenting.
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