[TYPO3] Is DAM worth its use or is it dead?

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

Christopher Schnell wrote:
> This is just my personal opinion and it surely does not match with most 
> DAM users:
> 
> I used DAM in my last two projects and unless forced to, I will not use 
> it again. It only confuses the editor and so far, I have never seen an 
> "normal" editor of a web page (I am not talking about magazines and 
> such) use any meta information. He just orders his images and media 
> files in a folder tree as he is used to and is happy. So in 98% of all 
> cases I (personal opinion) do not see any real reason why I should use 
> the DAM any more. The ususal file-module is easy and fast and as long as 
> you do not need any particular feature of DAM as Must-Have feature, 
> leave it.

I tried DAM several times as editor (not as programmer) and I came to exactly the same conclusion. Intersting to see that I am not alone.

May be the problem with DAM is the same as with Commerce: both were developed by programmers without trying to look how ordinary people can use it (and if they can at all).

No offence to developers of DAM&Commerce. We (developers) all suffer from this problem. I am not an exclusion.

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