Slow, slowwww, slowwwww - page loading takes up to 20 seconds first time then 10 seconds thereafter.
No WYSIWYG editor * Cryptic and silly character requirements (double apostrophes for Italics, double exclamations for bold, etc)
Poor layout. The design of a typical FlexWiki page is very inefficient - no tabs for various sections, significant space taken on left and right sides for unimportant information.
Very poor choice of colors. In fact, unbelievable that anybody would use these colors. They are disgusting.
Errors everywhere. Constantly seeing "object not " whatever when cruising pages.
No support for groups. I want sectionalized solutions that let me set up a page and supporting pages that can easily be specified as only for my group. This turkey sucks big time in that regard.
No document support - not even a whif of support for this important function.
No breadcrumbs. It's virtually impossible to find your way through what you've done.
Extremely difficult to add a topic and then locate it, or link it to anything else.
There's virtually nothing intuitive about this Wiki. When I use other products, they are smooth, quick and easy to use.
Conclusion: This thing is clunky, slow and very boring, along with being virtually useless.
Why do we like it?
User friendly
Edit by doubleclick - no need to scroll to the edit link, just click twice where you are
Summary - just hover a link, and you'll see everything, no need for click'n'back. ie: FlexWikiFeatures
Admin friendly
Easy to install, just copy contents to a new IIS virtual folder
Flexible
Customise the layout by editing the _NormalBorders topic
Easy editing; quick hyperlinking, tables, etc. - use simple FormattingRules to make editing easy and to convert simple text to HTML
Get email when the wiki changes - A WikiNewsletter is a collection of topics and people interested in those topics; email is automatically generated to subscribers of a WikiNewsletter telling them about the changes to the associated topics. You can create a WikiNewsletter.
RSS feeds - if you like RSS feeds for getting updated on information from various newsfeeds, you can track this wiki using an !!RssAggregator.
Full topic history - anytime somebody changes a page, the old version is saved; by using the 'highlight changes' option, you can see all of the old versions; you can even link to them to get a stable reference. Selecting a simple checkbox is all it takes to visually show what changed in a topic from version to version.
Topic search - type in a search string (using regular expression if you want); see all the wiki topics that match your search -- including content fragments from those topics
Back links - you can click on Find References in the left column and you'll automatically perform a search to find all topics that reference the current topic
Advanced Features
WikiTalk - a dynamic language for processing and inserting dynamic content into Wiki
Federation and namespaces - When there are many somewhat related Wiki sites, it's often hard to get them to link together smoothly. FlexWiki has some very cool features to support this scenario. Specifically, a single installation of FlexWiki (called a WikiFederation) can bind together multiple WikiBases. All topics in a WikiBase live in a TopicNamespace. See WikiFederationOverview.
Easy (no so) integration with search engines - all content on this wiki is indexable by search engines. For details, see IndexingWikiContent
Optimistic locking - If you're editing a wiki topic and somebody else saves a change to the same topic, you'll be told; you won't be able to overwrite their changes
Automatic plurals support - If you define a wiki topic using the singular form (e.g., BigDog), plural forms (e.g., BigDogs) will automatically link to the singular form (unless somebody explicitly creates a topic with the plural name too!)
Dynamic content - A number of WikiBehaviors allow you to add dynamically-generated content to a wiki topic.
Deficiencies
Rights management - Only administrators can set rights (read, write) through NTFS.
v2.0 (coming soon) will have WikiPageProperty based rights management.
Files and images - You cannot upload files and images to FlexWiki, you have to upload them to an own web share, and place the url into the WikiPage.
Optimistic locking - If you are editing a wiki topic and somebody else saves a change to the same topic, you will lose your changes instead of being offered to resolve conflicts. You have to use your browser's back button to retrieve your text (which does not work because the editing window loses the changes you've made when you click Back), and then you have to start the editing again.
No syntax highlighting for code snippets..
This is an quick introduction to what a wiki is.
1/29/2008 8:50:12 AM - -76.67.43.194
The software running this site. -> jump to HomePage
10/22/2006 7:52:17 AM - -81.182.199.248
How to create content in FlexWiki纵纹.
6/26/2008 5:54:00 AM - -205.204.1.29
Rules for formatting text in FlexWiki!
3/18/2008 6:08:56 PM - FLWCOM-jwdavidson
add a one or paragraph summary or description of what's discussed here; put yours after 'Summary:'
5/8/2008 4:39:42 PM - -203.21.202.34
A WikiPageProperty is an easy way to give Wiki pages properties like Keywords, Summary, Definition, etc.
7/17/2008 12:08:11 PM - 12.190.151.178
Wiki content is easy to have appear in a search engine.
1/24/2008 9:09:24 AM - FLWCOM-jwdavidson
WikiTalk is a language for including dynamic content in FlexWiki topics.
7/7/2008 3:55:27 AM - 81.80.239.162
The software running this site. -> jump to HomePage
10/22/2006 7:52:17 AM - -81.182.199.248
Flexwiki's features and deficiencies
8/5/2008 9:00:21 AM - -162.39.172.254
A WikiPageProperty is an easy way to give Wiki pages properties like Keywords, Summary, Definition, etc.
7/17/2008 12:08:11 PM - 12.190.151.178
WikiTalk is a language for including dynamic content in FlexWiki topics.
7/7/2008 3:55:27 AM - 81.80.239.162
Rules for formatting text in FlexWiki!
3/18/2008 6:08:56 PM - FLWCOM-jwdavidson
A WikiNewsletter is a list of topics and a list of people who are interested in them. On a regular basis, the topics are scanned for changes and if there are changes, notification of those changes is sent to the list of subscribers.
8/28/2008 1:41:34 AM - Evgeny Nedelko-194.110.202.240
A WikiNewsletter is a list of topics and a list of people who are interested in them. On a regular basis, the topics are scanned for changes and if there are changes, notification of those changes is sent to the list of subscribers.
8/28/2008 1:41:34 AM - Evgeny Nedelko-194.110.202.240
A WikiNewsletter is a list of topics and a list of people who are interested in them. On a regular basis, the topics are scanned for changes and if there are changes, notification of those changes is sent to the list of subscribers.
8/28/2008 1:41:34 AM - Evgeny Nedelko-194.110.202.240
Click to read this topic
6/20/2008 6:33:58 AM - -59.95.224.131
WikiTalk is a language for including dynamic content in FlexWiki topics.
7/7/2008 3:55:27 AM - 81.80.239.162
The software running this site. -> jump to HomePage
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The software running this site. -> jump to HomePage
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Click to read this topic
1/24/2008 8:56:37 AM - FLWCOM-jwdavidson
Click to read this topic
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Click to read this topic
8/23/2004 10:34:00 AM - author unknown
Click to read this topic
4/4/2008 6:45:49 AM - -199.31.3.198
A WikiPageProperty is an easy way to give Wiki pages properties like Keywords, Summary, Definition, etc.
7/17/2008 12:08:11 PM - 12.190.151.178
Wiki content is easy to have appear in a search engine.
1/24/2008 9:09:24 AM - FLWCOM-jwdavidson
Getting content out of FlexWiki
8/26/2005 2:07:57 AM - -66.194.172.185
A WikiNewsletter is a list of topics and a list of people who are interested in them. On a regular basis, the topics are scanned for changes and if there are changes, notification of those changes is sent to the list of subscribers.
8/28/2008 1:41:34 AM - Evgeny Nedelko-194.110.202.240
This WikiBehavior lets you get the value of any property from any topic.
11/6/2006 8:38:29 PM - -207.46.50.70
Wiki content is easy to have appear in a search engine.
1/24/2008 9:09:24 AM - FLWCOM-jwdavidson
Click to read this topic
5/16/2007 1:54:25 AM - author unknown
Click to read this topic
5/16/2007 1:54:25 AM - author unknown
A WikiBehavior is a dynamically-generated piece of content on a wiki page.
4/29/2008 8:05:57 AM - -206.159.117.2
A WikiPageProperty is an easy way to give Wiki pages properties like Keywords, Summary, Definition, etc.
7/17/2008 12:08:11 PM - 12.190.151.178
The software running this site. -> jump to HomePage
10/22/2006 7:52:17 AM - -81.182.199.248
add a one or paragraph summary or description of what's discussed here; put yours after 'Summary:'