Comments on: WordPress 2.6: much to like http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/07/16/wordpress-26-much-to-like/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zoli Erdos http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/07/16/wordpress-26-much-to-like/comment-page-1/#comment-4974 Zoli Erdos Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:20:16 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3141#comment-4974 The best wikis don't feel like a wiki :-) The best wikis don't feel like a wiki :-)

]]> By: Aaron Fulkerson http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/07/16/wordpress-26-much-to-like/comment-page-1/#comment-4973 Aaron Fulkerson Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:00:49 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3141#comment-4973 Thanks for the nod to MindTouch Deki. WordPress will never be a wiki like MindTouch Deki and it shouldn't try to be. It certainly shouldn't try to be a wiki like MediaWiki. My God! For the record, I don't think the team at WordPress is trying to be a wiki either. The "wiki-like" functionality they've added seems like a nice addition to, what imo, is the best blogging software available. Put simply, describing the new capabilities as a wiki just because they do versioning is somewhat of a stretch, but this does manage to get some attention. Good for them. Some people, including the illustrious Ward Cunningham, have stated that MindTouch Deki barely resembles a wiki. This is true if you consider the original intent of a wiki was to be the simplest web interface to a database that worked. For MindTouch Deki the wiki is just a component: the user interface, which is, I guess one could say, wiki-inspired. Thanks for the nod to MindTouch Deki.

WordPress will never be a wiki like MindTouch Deki and it shouldn't try to be. It certainly shouldn't try to be a wiki like MediaWiki. My God! For the record, I don't think the team at WordPress is trying to be a wiki either. The "wiki-like" functionality they've added seems like a nice addition to, what imo, is the best blogging software available. Put simply, describing the new capabilities as a wiki just because they do versioning is somewhat of a stretch, but this does manage to get some attention. Good for them.

Some people, including the illustrious Ward Cunningham, have stated that MindTouch Deki barely resembles a wiki. This is true if you consider the original intent of a wiki was to be the simplest web interface to a database that worked. For MindTouch Deki the wiki is just a component: the user interface, which is, I guess one could say, wiki-inspired.

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