7 Apr
2012
7 Apr
'12
11:17 a.m.
Hi!
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From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [users-bounces(a)xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Trevor Russ
[tr.wiki(a)telus.net]
Sent: 06 April 2012 16:26
To: users(a)xwiki.org
Subject: [xwiki-users] XWiki feedback
We chose XWiki back in 2009 as our wiki solution and we had successfully set up a
complete farm of 4 wikis. I have been following the progress of
XWiki since then, but unfortunately it was never utilized by our team, mostly because the
users did not want to invest the time in learning a
new WYSIWYG editor. In the end I was the only one who used it so the time has finally
come to shut it down and look at an alternative solution
-- perhaps a simple document manager. I saw a lot of potential in XWiki for our
purposes, but didn't quite have the time to sell it to the others.
I was thinking a bit about this comment. In general, it is hard to introduce any change in
the workflow of an organization... if any exists! Concerning XWiki, our take is don't
consider it as a "simple" colaborative environment for text construction and
edition. This is a huge simplification about what XWiki can offer. XWiki is a complete
development framework for online "extrem development" of applications.
Collaborating the XWiki way is not just a facet of the collaborartion environment of an
organization. It can easily be promoted to be THE way things are done: ubiquitous access
through port 80/443, registered changes, trustees assignment... allow any organization to
define and implement access, use and content creation policies with unprecedent easiness.
Before I remove myself from the mailing list, I just
wanted to put forward one comment as feedback: don't discount
the learning curve that confronts users new to the wiki. Many of them are proficient in
their ways of editing documents
(which usually means MS Word) and don't have the time to invest learning new document
formatting tools.
If you want to capture a larger share of the market, look at ways of integrating with
users' favourite editors;
I think that would go a long way.
You have a very impressive product, and I've been amazed at the level of commitment
and professionalism
that has gone into this wiki. Thanks for everybody's efforts and best of luck going
forward.
Let me to hijack this thread to add my own two cents on this comment! Even though I'm
not able to follow XWiki development in all its extent, I'm lucky to be still able to
keep it working here and to have each day some more people appreciating what thinking the
XWiki way can do for our team!
Thanks to everybody!
Trevor
Trevor, I do think you must not remove yourself from this list! At least you'll be
able to know what kind of issues users are facing!
Cheers!
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