[TYPO3] SPAM-LOW: Re: Typo3 vs other CMSs

[Tapio Markula]

Tyler Kraft wrote:
>> Unfortunately, not many of the extensions are built to be 
>> plug-and-play. I am a strong believer that simplicity is power and 
>> Typo3 strongly lacks simplicity. I would really like to see a movement 
>> in the Typo3 community to make extensions more simple.

> And  I would like to see more extensions more complex - as in much more 
> configurable than most of them are.

Some compromise between these point of views.
Simple plug-and-play for example mininews - doesn't need necessarily any
configuration, but it is sometime *too* simple missing necessary 
configuration. I must make a customer a new version of 'mininews' - not
more difficult as to make a new HTML-templat but anyway not a good 
approach in long term.

If you have in Typo3 or Mambo a plugin, which misses necessary 
configuration, you must hack the source code - in *long term extremely 
impposible to proper maintainance*. If new version comes, hack again 
source code. That is *very bad* in long term.

Therefore I understand very well Tyler. In *short* period plugins, which 
  don't have configuration might sound nice - but sooner or later arises 
question - could this plugin change... and if there is not proper 
configuration hack the source - and you are soon in swamp of version mess.

What you be compromise. All *necessary* config could set in 
installalling plugins using enable options. If needed to change 
somethigt that could be done with TypoScript.