Oleg Broytmann <phd@phd.fep.ru> writes:
I, personnaly, just hate web-based collaboration. Cameron Laird and few other people suggested me to try ZWiki. I tried. Now I hate web collaboration even more :)
Let me count pros and cons of web-based collaboration against e-mail:
1. Web is "pull technology". You need to download the entire page. How many times do I need to read and reread messages on http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Proposals/ExtendedDTMLSorting - just to see noone added new comment? Isn't it just a waste of traffic?
I use NetMind's URL-Minder to tell me when the wikis I need to be on top of are updated. I watch RecentChanges when I care about the whole wiki, individual pages otherwise.
2. Editing text is certainly weak point of the web. It is plainly nightmare to edit text in those small <textarea>s that loose all decent editing features. With e-mail, I can use whatever editor I prefer.
There's no reason to edit in the web browser if you don't want to. With FTP, you can use whatever editor you prefer. I only use the textarea to make new pages, and only then because I've been too lazy to set up the PUT hook that would remove this.
I certainly missed many points. I'd be glad if anyone says his/her words in favor (or agains) web or email-based collaboration.
It's not really a split. Email archives are usually web based, but they're not editable like wiki pages are. I hate web-based replacements for mailing lists, but wikis aren't that. They're complimentary. -- Karl Anderson karl@digicool.com