On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:35:32 +0000 "Virgil Ierubino" virgil.ierubino@gmail.com wrote:
In an ideal world, what features would the ideal Wiki Software have, and what would it be like?
If we can answer this question, developmental direction is made clear. It is easy to develop MediaWiki with view to improving it, streamlining it, ironing out bugs - but much more difficult to look beyond it; for the future of Wikimedia projects and general wiki success, new software must emerge that caters for the new functions required by modern wiki users.
What functions would set MediaWiki well above all other wiki engines for years to come? What features would make it the most efficient wiki engine? **What would the software be like if it generated maximal wiki success?**
To discuss this (what I find an interesting) question, I've set up a page at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Ideal
Obviously the answers to these questions won't necessarily be possible to implement; but it would be interesting to know the answers nonetheless.
Look forward to some bright ideas :)
I thought that MediaWiki was written specifically for the projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Period. I didn't think that it was intended to compete with other wiki software.