Eval

see amana : Wikispaces Evaluation

Kudos

• wow - I like being able to redirect to a page in a different space - very nice! (used for Dance Labs)

Enhancement Requests

1. Minor edits - I can't tell you how many times I just hit "Save" with the confidence I don't need to proofread and/or preview my page first and said "doh!" - it's usually a small typo and/or formatting error!
   • inspired by forgetting to close bold () on Social Networking
   • feature available in MediaWiki (of wikipedia fame)
2. Data access to comment history - I put a substantial investment in logging comments. my comments are quite rich in meta-data.
   • When I export my wiki, I don't get my comments.
   • Recent Changes only displays a certain # or timeframe (it is recent** changes - duh)
   • I can't search my comments
   • I don't have data access/API to my comments
   • I can verify all the history is there on a per page level. (sounds like an enhancement)

Gripes

1. starting to get odd behavior due to server's inability to respond. It caused a corrupt page (iPhone) which I recovered from thanks to revisions!
2. on occasion, < and > characters are translated into their HTML equivalents &lt; and &gt; (happened on "<3" on Compass)
3. doh! you can't use "$$$" as a search term!
4. can't edit pages when in Safari "Private Browsing" mode

Defects

1. Renaming and redirecting pages Dec 13, 2007 2:55 pm
   • doh - found a possible "bug" - if you redirect an existing page (Four Hour Workweek), its contents are effectively "hidden" instead of moving it!
     • UPDATE: workaround is to rename the page in the first place. also discovered you can remove redirects
2. False rename error
   • I tried to rename defect-wikispaces to wikispaces (effectively this page) and it reports wikispaces already exists.
3. navigation page content went back to default without editing (disturbing!) - chinarut May 2, 2008 1:07 am
   • WORKAROUND: reverted to 2nd to last revision and edited last change back in!