Plone 4: It's the Little Things :)
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Ken Wasetis [Contextual Corp.] < ken.wase...@contextualcorp.com> wrote: > Plone 4: The 'Stealthy Bliss Release' ? > > > I see it being akin to the updated Facebook iPhone App that finally > respects ones 'block' settings, so one doesn't have to read through > everyone's Farmville and Mafia updates ;) > > Sometimes it's the little things that really matter to people. Apple is > king of marketing/emphasizing these. I think the best way to highlight this > is going to be through screencasts that we market, have a prominent link to > from the plone.org home page, etc., so let them begin... > > -Ken > > > Steve McMahon wrote: > >> Scott asks a particular question; let me raise the general one: >> >> Plone 4.0 is really a "sucks less" release. To me, it's awesome because I >> know that all the many "sucks less" improvements (not as slow, not as much >> memory use, more mainstream visual editor, no silly small/large folder >> distinction ...) will make huge improvements for integrators, developers and >> users. But, it's a marketing challenge to convey that to those outside our >> circle. "Plone 4: It's better at everything that matters"? >> >> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Scott Paley <sc...@abstractedge.com<mailto: >> sc...@abstractedge.com>> wrote: >> >> "New default visual editor: TinyMCE" >> >> But why is that a benefit? What was wrong with the old editor? >> What problem is the new editor solving? >> >> Without explaining the benefit of TinyMCE, I'm not sure it's a >> selling point. >> >> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Steve McMahon <st...@dcn.org >> <mailto:st...@dcn.org>> wrote: >> >> A few of my favorites: >> >> Dramatic speed improvements -- see Hanno's charts. Both for >> page rendering and initial load. >> http://blog.hannosch.eu/2010/01/plone-4-how-much-faster-is-it.html >> >> http://jstahl.org/archives/2010/01/19/plone-4-three-times-faster-than-drupal-joomla-or-wordpress/ >> >> Python 2.6's improved memory management will decrease overall >> memory footprint >> >> New default visual editor: TinyMCE >> >> Images and binary blobs automatically stored in file system >> rather than ZODB, prevent database bloat. >> >> New default theme, Sunburst, provides a modern, minimalist, >> grid-based theme that's a better starting point for modern themes. >> >> Support for login by e-mail address >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Roberto Allende >> <ro...@menttes.com <mailto:ro...@menttes.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> Two years and a half ago, Jon Stahl wrote a great post >> blog named "8 Really Cool Things About Plone 3"[1]. There >> he wrote about new features coming with Plone 3. >> >> Considering there are just two weeks for World Plone Day >> 2010 and Plone 4 is going to be the star of the event, i >> would like to ask you what are the features or things you >> would add in the "8 Really Cool things about Plone 4" list. >> >> You answer will help a lot making the great Plone 4 talk, >> every host *must* have :) >> >> Kind Regards >> r. >> >> 1. >> >> http://jstahl.org/archives/2007/07/16/8-really-cool-things-about-plone-3/ >> >> -- http://worldploneday.org >> >> >> ___________________ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Evangelism mailing list >> Evangelism@lists.plone.org <mailto:Evangelism@lists.plone.org> >> >> http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism >> >> >> >> >> -- Scott Paley | ABSTRACT EDGE >> >> Office: 212.352.9311 >> Direct: 212.352.1470 >> Fax: 212.352.9498 >> >> Website: http://www.abstractedge.com >> Blog: http://www.brandinteractivism.com >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Evangelism mailing list >> Evangelism@lists.plone.org >> http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism >> >> > -- Scott Paley | ABSTRACT EDGE Office: 212.352.9311 Direct: 212.352.1470 Fax: 212.352.9498 Website: http://www.abstractedge.com Blog: http://www.brandinteractivism.com
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