Hello Sharan, I was going through old archives from mailing list and saw some discussion regarding comparing ofbiz with magento. As, I have also heard from people using magento as its quick to install and multiple themes support.
Going back to UI again, if we can make the e-commerce UI look good then we can surely attract people towards ofbiz adoption for an e-commerce stores. Another good enhancement that can be a factor getting people towards OFBiz is integrating some real time recommendation system using machine learning. As, after basic e-commerce part is there, now next necessity to have recommendation and analytics available to grow further. Thanks Gaurav On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Sharan Foga <sha...@apache.org> wrote: > There was a bit that I missed - and this is a common thing that keeps > coming back up when we get together and talk: > > OFBiz could deliver more than one product. We could have more than one > product active at the same time e.g > > - Framework with applications > - Advanced UI but without all features > - Advanced features but with the poor UI > > This is also something that we could think about for the high level > strategy. > > Thanks > Sharan > > On 2016-11-28 11:08 (+0100), "Sharan Foga"<sha...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi Everyone > > > > One of the topics that came up during the brainstorming in Seville was > that the project desperately needs a clear strategy and roadmap. > > > > Benefits: > > - A strategy will provide a clear path for people to follow > > - A strategy will allow us to set goals / milestones and metrics about > progress > > > > In past maybe we have tried to do too much (tried to do it all at once - > which is why we find it h ard to focus). > > > > - One suggestion was to set a maximum of 3 goals and then work only on > these. To define these goals we need to look at what is the most important > thing that we want to achieve - and base them on that. > > - Another suggestion was that the most important thing for the project > is driving adoption. If this is true then what are the key blockers that > stop user adoption of OFBiz? (the UI!) > > - Suggestion to organise / setup teams from the community that focus on > specific areas (e.g. workgroups) - this could really help progress > > > > So to get the discussion started: > > > > 1. Do people agree that the project needs to focus on driving adoption? > > 2. Do people think that the UI is one of the key things that stops this > ? (If, not then please include what do you think is) > > 3. What goals could we set? > > 4. Are people interested in working in workgroups, to focus on specific > areas (or goals)? > > > > (I know there are some ideas/work around the UI going on, but I will > post the Seville details and notes about that in separate discussion > thread.) > > > > Thanks > > Sharan > > > > > -- Regards, *Gaurav Saini*
