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Journal vs Wiki, Discussion vs Blog

Mats Jansson  2008 May 20 16:50:30
What is a blog and what is a wiki. I recently read a article in a Swedish computer magazine about wikis. A interesting article, surprisingly mentioned Dominowiki from Ben Poole . But what is a wiki really. In Lotus Notes we are very used to work with knowledgebases in different kinds, like journals, document databases and so on. Wiki is just another one. Same with blogs, we have worked with discussion databases in Years. Don't  get me wrong, I like wikis and blogs. I like the webinterface I like the looks, feels and the simplicity. I just want to point out that Domino is the platform with the most experience in this kind of apps. So keep on using domino but do remember that there is not so often You see new things in the sun.
Comments

1Ian Randall  08-5-21 8:21:40  Journal vs Wiki, Discussion vs Blog

I cannot agree with you more. Apart from the pretty interface, I see nothing in a Wiki or a Blog that couldn't have been done in Lotus Notes back in the early/mid 90's.

In fact the Notes Partner discussion databases in the early and mid 90's were easier to use, faster and easier to track updates (by unread count) in my opinion.

Replication allowed you to easily read and interact with people while you were disconnected and people tended to behave more decently because their identity was known. Anonymous access is a big step backward in my opinion.

It was also nice to be able to go back and correct a typo because you had Author ACL access, something that often frustrates me on some of my blog comments.

Even discussion threads were easier to follow and gave better context than some of the current collaborative alternatives and having a local spell checker was also an advantage.

Have we really progressed that far?

And have what we lost been made up for by what we have gained? I wonder...

2Joakim Lindberg  08-5-21 13:12:00  Journal vs Wiki, Discussion vs Blog

Pretty looks are important for sure but the really *new* thing with real Wikis is that they create automatic hyperlinks to other documents when you write a "CamelCase" word in your text. I haven´t seen that in any Notes database yet.

And yes, DominoWiki has this feature, but only in the web interface as far as I know.

I was really disappointed in the QuickR 8.0 so called "Wiki", which does not have this functionality at all. You have to create the links manually and that´s not a Wiki in my book. I haven´t seen the 8.1 variant but I hope they have fixed this "bug" now.