Comparing XWiki to MediaWiki and Confluence on xwiki.org

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Hi guys, sorry to chime in. I was longtime confluence user, before I finally made switch to XWIKI which I love. In the process I made this list of functionalities that I miss the most in XWIKI. Others I was able to overcome or develop, but these would make the transition definitely much much easier. Maybe this end user feedback would be useful to make XWIKI even better piece of software. If you feel this doesnt belong here feel free to (re)move it to different section.

1. custom page ordering
XWIKI:

  • No custom ordering of pages in navigation tree
  • Move of a page to another location is accessible from action menu on the page detail and requires 7 clicks on several pages.

CONFLUENCE:

  • Builtin drag n drop in navigation panel covers both page ordering (move within the same location) and simple move (to another location) just in one click.

Benefit:
Way faster workflow for organizing pages and simple move.

2. faster create page
XWIKI

  • “Create child page” accessible only from page view. You have to go to location, load the page and press Create button.

CONFLUENCE

  • Create page right from the navigation tree (plus sign shows up on hover on item name). It triggers creating of the page right under that parent.
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Benefit
Saves several clicks to create page under specific location.

3. content width toggles for editing
XWIKI

  • Content area width is the same for all documents.
    (As workaround it can be styled on document level by ssx but that is not end user friendly)

CONFLUENCE

  • There are two options for width of the mainContentArea, which can be set during editing of the document. Simple switch - fixed width or full-width. Note: it affects how the page will be displayed.

Benefits:
As some documents benefits from narrow content width, there are some (usually longer ones) that require full width for better readability. It would be good to have the switch to be able to set it while editing.

4. smoother mentions
XWIKI

  • After inserting mentions it is not possible to write directly, but you have to click after the label to be able to (I m aware that issue for this already exists)