The goal is to have some open discussions about XWiki: pain points, future, ideas, etc.
However, to serve as an anchor for the discussion, I’m proposing that the XWiki committers who will be present describe the new features of XWiki 9.8 which will have been released the week before the meeting.
Last time we were 5-6, let’s try to beat our record!
np it was very interesting despite my poor english speaking and my speakers problems
Anyways, new release and Ben xwiki presentation was interesting (the luxury of Rolls-royce touched me! ).
I don’t know if your meeting is the right place for this, but It would be interesting if one xwiki user show what is doing with xwiki at each hangout (with share screen feature):
frontpage (or space) customization
a xwiki app developped
which xwiki are usefull
and particulary hard issues the user/dev encountered and how he managed to fix it
Of course, a xwiki user/dev/admin would be better but It could be a xwiki user/dev/admin from myxwiki.org web site…
k then but I use xwiki 8.4.4 version… still interested?
Anyway maybe I can prepare a slide (I don’t know if we can show a slide at the side of hangout in same time than a screen)
@Pbas: I also think that it is an excellent suggestion to have a short presentation of XWiki Users in those hangup sessions.
What I wondered about is maybe it would also help if the XWiki would provide something like a clear “expectation” of XWiki usage and user behavior. I mean, during my irritations and according to Ben’s statements it’s e.g. obvious that there are some difficulties in the understanding of the terms and function of Watchlist, Activity stream and the new Notifications…
On the other hand Ben reflected the strength of XWiki regarding search and right management very well.
For this I would like to share the origin why I got interested to XWiki and decided to use it as an collaboration tool, which was beginning with a google search “alternative confluence” and was leading to a german introduction / report for XWiki.
After reading the article I’ve been interested, due to the fact that many demanded features are already delivered by XWiki.
Here’s the direct link to this recommendation page for XWiki, due to the fact that it is in german I can offer help in translation if needed.
The main reasons mentioned are:
professioneller impression of the webpage
clear and detailed documentation
opportunity of expansion and active ecosystem
user / group management (LDAP connection)
powerful right management
multi site solution / Container with own rights
good editor and easy to use syntax
database support
versioning
good / high usability
international support for user interface / backend
pattern and templates for documents and formulars
I totally agree with all of this points and would like to give the feedback that XWiki also offers an excellent forum and support community, which is a very very important reason in choosing a software based solution!
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