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> I think this move was a mistake. They've thrown away the benefits of a incredible wiki-based platform Ideally, you want to cater to both the CLI centric work
by sradman 6y ago
> I think this move was a mistake. They've thrown away the benefits of a incredible wiki-based platform
Ideally, you want to cater to both the CLI centric workflows of developers/build-systems and the WebUI centric workflows of everyone else (the old system). The Mozilla blog posts mention the JAMStack so I'm guessing that the intent was to port the server-side Django apps/editors to a browser-side framework like React or one of its alternatives.
If the design and implementation of the new platform was perfectly executed then only the new functionality would be apparent; both systems are essentially "wiki-based". Platform transitions are rarely seamless as your lost content/metadata clearly shows.
- breck 6y agoYes, maybe someone from Mozilla could explain why they didn't port history and the current web app editing? We are currently doing the same thing at Our World in Data and discussing this exactly so would be great to learn more about the design decisions.
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