On 3 March 2010 11:05, Domas Mituzas <midom.li...@gmail.com> wrote: ... >> , why can't the money be put into making a modern product instead of in >> pockets of the people who run it? I know Wordpress and Mediawiki serve two >> different purposes, but that's not the point. The point is, one is modern >> and user friendly (Wordpress), and the other (Mediawiki) is not. Other >> complaints: > > MediaWiki is very modern product, just not on the visible side (though maybe > usability initiative will change that). It has lots of fascinating modern > things internally :) > Though of course, by "in pockets of people who run it", you're definitely > trolling here. :-( >
I have read this very thread in a different context. Quake engines. Most quake engines fall short in the usability side, because are "evolved" by tecnical people, and some of the users ask for more ... tecnical features. You have (on the quake scene) sysadmins that want sysadmins stuff, and are more than happy to edit text files and access the server with ssh, and QuakeWorld veterans that ask some competitive fairness and features that smooth the engine, but don't exactly make the game look better, only cleaner... and would greet any new console command :-) (quake has a console to change settings). There (on Quake engine) usability is always a nice thing to have, but seems the priorities lie elsewhere, and anything else gets into the engines before usability. The distance of usability from Quake to any 2010 game is giganteous. Is something I would love to fix.. but I have tons of other ideas. I feel It takes a enormeous effort to move a proyect managed by programmers and sysadmins for programmers and sysadmins to be palatable by mere desktop users. The good news is that sysadmins and programmers are desktop users too, so will love a sexier interface, and more usability. -- -- ℱin del ℳensaje. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
