PBWiki Gets An Overhaul(techcrunch.com)
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PBWiki Gets An Overhaul
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/13/pbwiki-gets-an-overhaul/
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I think Wiki's were a great concept - a SIMPLE way to share information in a logical manner.
In my opinion these companies are bloating the idea and pushing the limits of what a wiki should be.
Your thoughts?
In my opinion these companies are bloating the idea and pushing the limits of what a wiki should be.
Your thoughts?
The challenge with the original wiki implementations using "wiki markup" are that it was hard to get non-engineering members of a team to use them (or at least contribute). WYSIWYG editing in the browser window changes this for the better.
The second key defect early wikis shared was a lack of contention management. When you are working against a deadline you need a contention management (e.g. file locking) scheme so that "he who saves last saves best" is avoided. I have seen this cause much unhappiness for projects when a wiki is used that allows "forks" in the history with two or three people editing the same base version with different results.
The second key defect early wikis shared was a lack of contention management. When you are working against a deadline you need a contention management (e.g. file locking) scheme so that "he who saves last saves best" is avoided. I have seen this cause much unhappiness for projects when a wiki is used that allows "forks" in the history with two or three people editing the same base version with different results.
In my opinion these companies are bloating the idea and pushing the limits of what a wiki should be.
Your thoughts?