[Evangelism] 8 Really Cool Things About Plone 4
Ken Wasetis [Contextual Corp.]
ken.wasetis at contextualcorp.com
Wed Apr 14 15:40:42 UTC 2010
Plone 4: The 'Stealthy Bliss Release' ?
I see it being akin to the updated Facebook iPhone App that finally
respects ones 'block' settings, so one doesn't have to read through
everyone's Farmville and Mafia updates ;)
Sometimes it's the little things that really matter to people. Apple is
king of marketing/emphasizing these. I think the best way to highlight
this is going to be through screencasts that we market, have a prominent
link to from the plone.org home page, etc., so let them begin...
-Ken
Steve McMahon wrote:
> Scott asks a particular question; let me raise the general one:
>
> Plone 4.0 is really a "sucks less" release. To me, it's awesome
> because I know that all the many "sucks less" improvements (not as
> slow, not as much memory use, more mainstream visual editor, no silly
> small/large folder distinction ...) will make huge improvements for
> integrators, developers and users. But, it's a marketing challenge to
> convey that to those outside our circle. "Plone 4: It's better at
> everything that matters"?
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Scott Paley <scott at abstractedge.com
> <mailto:scott at abstractedge.com>> wrote:
>
> "New default visual editor: TinyMCE"
>
> But why is that a benefit? What was wrong with the old editor?
> What problem is the new editor solving?
>
> Without explaining the benefit of TinyMCE, I'm not sure it's a
> selling point.
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Steve McMahon <steve at dcn.org
> <mailto:steve at dcn.org>> wrote:
>
> A few of my favorites:
>
> Dramatic speed improvements -- see Hanno's charts. Both for
> page rendering and initial load.
> http://blog.hannosch.eu/2010/01/plone-4-how-much-faster-is-it.html
> http://jstahl.org/archives/2010/01/19/plone-4-three-times-faster-than-drupal-joomla-or-wordpress/
>
> Python 2.6's improved memory management will decrease overall
> memory footprint
>
> New default visual editor: TinyMCE
>
> Images and binary blobs automatically stored in file system
> rather than ZODB, prevent database bloat.
>
> New default theme, Sunburst, provides a modern, minimalist,
> grid-based theme that's a better starting point for modern themes.
>
> Support for login by e-mail address
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Roberto Allende
> <rover at menttes.com <mailto:rover at menttes.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Two years and a half ago, Jon Stahl wrote a great post
> blog named "8 Really Cool Things About Plone 3"[1]. There
> he wrote about new features coming with Plone 3.
>
> Considering there are just two weeks for World Plone Day
> 2010 and Plone 4 is going to be the star of the event, i
> would like to ask you what are the features or things you
> would add in the "8 Really Cool things about Plone 4" list.
>
> You answer will help a lot making the great Plone 4 talk,
> every host *must* have :)
>
> Kind Regards
> r.
>
> 1.
> http://jstahl.org/archives/2007/07/16/8-really-cool-things-about-plone-3/
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