Open source needs open minds.
Philipp's message is not to promote Drupal but welcome IxD
professionals to bring their real world tested practice to the open
source development of Drupal. There is a lot to learn from both
sides.
--- Someone new to both Drupal and IxD worlds but willing to learn.
also not wanting to enter into the 'my tool is better than your tool'
debate, but thought some people may be interested to know that Drupal
is very aware of their current user experience issues and having
conducted some recent usability testing that found some users
completely at a loss when asked
> I actually didn't want to get involve in this discussion, because it
> is almost like Apple vs PC, but if I don't ask or discuss clarity will
> never be reached, and some people actually think that WordPress is
> just a blog and can't be a CMS.
I hope this thread doesn't derail into a discussion
You can put your drupal T-shirt on and jump off a cliff and I won't try and
stop you.
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Just so I understand, who is the %u2018user%u2019 when you say
WordPress provides a better user experience? If you%u2019re talking
about the end-user who doesn%u2019t know (or care) what CMS was used
to build the site, then I%u2019d like to learn more about how exactly
WordPress provides a better u
Drupal being more complex and technical is a fallacy.
I've used drupal, joomla, mambo, crown peak, trinidad, proprietary systems a
slew of others and when I finally got around to checking out wordpress I was
pleasantly surprised.
Even if wordpress doesn't do exactly what you want it to do out of t
@ Peter Wordpress 2.7 Roles:
http://agapetry.net/news/introducing-role-scoper/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/adminimize/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-access-manager/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/connections/
WordPress 2.6
http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/rol
James, I agree with your points on WordPress. WordPress, as you say,
is much easier on many fronts. But, it is not nearly as powerful as
Drupal. I think that's a notion most will agree with.
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So your point is that Wordpress has a better user experience, so we should
use it, even though the other products have more features?
Sounds fair enough, if WP actually does what we want it to do.
Peter
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:59 AM, AJKock wrote:
> This is critique in general about people w
Does Wordpress have groups and flexible roles? I'm not sure, just asking :)
Peter
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 11:29 AM, AJ Kock wrote:
> Please, I would seriously be enlightened if you could tell me what those
> features are that you can find in Drupal but not WordPress.
>
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Please, I would seriously be enlightened if you could tell me what those
features are that you can find in Drupal but not WordPress.
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This is critique in general about people who prefers to choose the
complex path, in fearing of being devalued.
I actually didn't want to get involve in this discussion, because it
is almost like Apple vs PC, but if I don't ask or discuss clarity will
never be reached, and some people actually thin
It's a sign that experts would choose drupal over wordpress.
Wordpress is far superior on to many fronts to even waste time
discussing.
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On Mar 20, 2009, at 12:48 PM, James Wanless wrote:
I hear what you're saying and, no doubt, Drupal does some things very
well. Where
I hear what you're saying and, no doubt, Drupal does some things very
well. Where I work, we've built a few standalone projects with it.
However, it also has some huge drawbacks when compared with something
like Wordpress for medium sized, discussion-based sites (blogs on
steroids, or even discus
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