[TYPO3-dev] Usability of the Columns view

[Tapio Markula]

Erik Svendsen wrote:

> opportunities regarding to FCE. It's not a question about making two 
> columns in one main column, or "table based" blocks with text, but a 
> question about making userfriendly content element especcially suited to 
> certain types of content (without making an extension).

but if you just need different layout, selecting different HMTL-template 
for certain content element is enough. In your case it is not enough.

> I never use the exactly same HTML template. But I reuse much of the TS.

I reuse much TS + content area templates - normally I made just new main 
templates. Using TemplaVoila you can't reuse mapping like I can reuse 
content area templates.

> And why not do development on the newest plattform.

my boss doesn't offer that for me - just 3.8.1

> But this is neccessary to get TYPO3 userfriendly at all levels. You need 
> a userfriendly templating engine, userfriendly configuration, 
> userfriendly backend og userfriendly frontend editing to make the 
> competition with other CMS's.

tm_contentaccess offers me them. template engine is userfriendly enough 
for me.

> Why be afraid. When systems develop, it's normal that extensions and 
> other stuff gets obsolete.

But I'm not the only, who wants to keep MTB. See what 'JohnH' has 
written. TemplaVoila is just too complex for my purposes.

> and so on. And gives new opportunities, and mostly better solutions. If 
> new, and better solutions make anything obsolete, no problem.

But it seems that you and many other developers like to kill MTB and 
other techniques than TemplaVoila. I just like more MTB and I would not 
like that you or somebody else would kill it.