John Landahl wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 03:14:13PM -0700, burtonator wrote:
> > Hey. Just a quick e-mail poll I wanted to conduct :)
>
> When will we have a poll portlet for Jetspeed? :)
org.apache.jetspeed.portal.portlets.PollPortlet
is DONE. I just need to write the DB persistence mechanism :)
> > - If not what did you choose as an alternative and why?
>
> At the office we recently chose DataChannel as an XML-based EIP server.
Sorry to hear that. :)
I stopped by their booth at JavaOne and looked over their technical
documents. It was a very bad mixmatch of products thrown together.
:(.. of course that is just IMO.
> From
> the limited amount of research I was able to do ahead of time, DataChannel
> was one of the only EIP servers based on XML, though SoftwareAG's Tamino
> might also qualify.
How does Tamino qualify? It is an XML db server.
> (I recently became aware of Sequoia Software's XML
> Portal Server).
>
> Some other commercial non-XML EIP servers we looked at (briefly) include
> Epicentric, Plumtree, Viador, Autonomy's Portal-In-a-Box, and Hummingbird.
Any analysis docs you have on these would be great. We should have a
competitive analysis in stylebook on the website.
> > - What new features would you like to see implemented?
>
> - A very simple installation process, to include setting up the Turbine
> database and tables.
This can be done with my Tomcat/Jetspeed distribution :)
> - A MyYahoo/MyNetscape-like customization interface.
working on it :)
> - More intuitive portlet icons, again like MyYahoo/MyNetscape.
ug... we need an artist... anyone?
> - A better portlet browsing/selection interface. With potentially thousands
> of portlets coming from content feeds, a well-organized, easy to use
> portlet browser is a must.
yeah... I know.
> - Content management, to allow users to publish and manage content via the
> web (through simple web forms as well as WebDAV).
Have you seen Jetspeed Content Management (JCM)? It is in there... just
needs better documentation :(
> - A strong weblog application to provide the same functionality as Slashdot
> (sections, topics, threaded replies, moderation, polls, etc.).
We don't have discussion. :( Polls would be cool.
> - And of course, documentation. :)
Never! :)
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