[Typo3] just a word of praise!

[Nikkie Herbrink]

Hi, i'm new with typo3. I've been working for 4 months now with it.
I'm very satisfied with it.
It isn't hard to use. If you try, you will learn Typo3 very quickly. I
don't know everything yet, but i can find my way in it.
I agree with Mathias. It is not a programming language like PHP or
Java or anything else. It is build so you can set up and alter your
website. There are a lot of modules that you can use and i never
missed a module.
The only thing that doesn't work at my website is the Frontend Login. 
But that will be fixed i hope....

Anyway i think Typo3 is great and if you think it is not good, don't use it.


On 6/23/05, Mathias Schreiber [wmdb>] <mathias.schreiber at wmdb.de> wrote:
> McCluskey, Chris (ISD) wrote:
> > "keep cool" - I am, although it is quite sunny here. I didn't think you were
> > ranting, maybe just raving ;o)
> 
> ok, so we talk the same level :)
> 
> > OK, I'll give you the typoScript/api thing... although in this day and age
> > it does seem a bit like overkill. I realise that having something like
> > typoScript as part of the framework allows Typo3 to be much more flexible
> > than the likes of Mambo, PHP Nuke or whatever but it's not a great solution.
> > What is the solution? Quite frankly, I don't know but the developers need to
> > move away from the 'made by developers for developer' model that Typo3
> > currently is, after all why bother using Typo3 at all if you are a
> > developer.
> 
> Because I set up a complete website within 45 minutes and have editors
> putting in content after that period.
> It's just my way of doing things and I am pretty sure I am way faster
> with TYPO3 than anyone building things manually.
> 
> > This is really my main grumble about Typo3... it offers nothing that a more
> > generic web technology (like for example PHP or .Net) has to offer but is
> > more limiting. What I think would make Typo3 a good tool would be if it did
> > it in a (and I realise I'm repeating myself, but it is the central problem
> > with Typo3) more usable less fragmented way.
> 
> Ok, so maybe the problem is, that TYPO3 is no programming language.
> It's like saying: "Hey, my windows calculator sucks, because in C++ I
> can do much more."
> I mean, hey, TYPO3 is a CMS - not PHP nor .NET nor any other programming
> language.
> 
> > "This comes from the fact that Typo3 is quite old and this template is so
> > too." - The age of Typo3 is apparent. It appears that it has been tweaked
> > over the years and had bit's bolted on left right and centre, which is why
> > it is so cumbersome. It really needs an overhaul or it will remain a
> > minority tool used by a group of enthusiasts.
> 
> 120.000 installs is a minority?
> I don't think so.
> But all in all... if you don't see TYPO3s potential I have one
> competitor less :)
> 
>  umm... yeah... just like I stated in my post"  - so you agree that you
> need
> > input from outwith the typo3 community and usability is an issue?
> 
> I agree that input from people new to TYPO3 could offer good ideas.
> I do not see usability issues, but I am no standard, since I know my way
> around TYPO3, so I can't really tell, whether there are issues or not.
> 
> > "I meant that you could point out ways to improve usability" - The
> > subscription to this list is on my work email so I really can't spend time
> > doing that but I don't think suggestions from one individual would be very
> > useful anyway. A proper usability study using a variety of users (with a
> > variety of skills) given set tasks would be the way to go about things.
> 
> cool. Go ahead.
> 
> > One final thing, I think the typo3 website itself has usability issues. It
> > has a lot of info in it but that is only useful if it can be easily found.
> 
> There is a team working on that.
> The impossible is done now, wonders take a bit longer :)
> 
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