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by nemadeka » Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:59 am
I am a complete newbie to Joomla.
I would like to point out a technical and a general issue about Joomla that I think worth paying attention to.
It is Joomla tag system. The intention of the system was to facilitate navigation by cross-referencing.
When I Googled for Joomla tags tutorials, I found out that tags had been introduced in Joomla 3.
Now, I am building a website in 3 languages, and the tags are not discriminated by the tag language duly assigned by me. I cannot associate tags, to save me the time and trouble. The nesting system of tags gets corrupted all the time (Google for complaints and discussions), and it does not reflect the human logic. If I create a tag nest like this --- graphics/drawing/color drawing/ink on paper, then, when I select this whole nest and put it into an article, the article must contain these tags ---
- graphics
- drawing
- color drawing
- ink on paper
because it is obvious that the site visitor might wish to view all color drawings, or all drawings, and not just "ink on paper" which is the only tag that appears in the article if I select this nest of tags. There is no logic in this.
I simply hate the search tool of the Articles which re-runs filtering once I changed a criterion. It's a torture on my old slow PC. Sane people have settings and a button next to them, which you click once you adjusted all the criteria. This "on-the-fly" response has taken a lot of effort to implement, I suspect, an not only is it useless, it is actually harmful to a site administrator. It is a pointless snobbish feature. (If I have overlooked a setting, don't blame me. Settings must not be buried or wisely concealed.)
And we are going to have Joomla 4 soon!!! Why!? J3 tags are still non-functional!
This all reminds me of the software which I have been using for over a decade now - Wordfast. Initially driven by the best translators' community on the planet Earth, which provided testing, invaluable feedback and ideas, the package gradually slipped into development of bells and whistles, and the versions started to change every week. Then Wordfast Pro was introduced, with the same crippled functionality, bugs, and new (buggy) builds rolling out every month. Result: I am still using a beta build which is over 10 years old which lacks features but is reliable, plus I stopped renewing my license years ago too (Wordfast has a hardware-dependent license). The future of Wordfast looks dreary to me.
So, I see too many parallels here.
Solutions:
- the "Inner Brotherhood" must listen to the community because without a community Joomla will die. I see that the community is comatose by the forum activity;
- development of "decorations" must be stopped;
- extensions developers must comply with some set of basic requirements and, in return, be given an easy opportunity to benefit from their work.
That was free advice.
