Personal views
Last Thursday was Thanksgiving in USA. This holiday, which was originally a religious celebration, is now celebrated as a secular holiday.
The purpose of the celebration is to give thanks and be grateful for what we have.
Both Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas means different things to different people. The holidays might just be an opportunity to take some time off. Nonetheless, I believe it can also be a time to take a step back and look at what's important in life. Get some perspective and be grateful for not being a victim of war, a victim of famine, a victim of repression.
At least I think this holds true for many of the readers of this blog. It does for me.
A recent blog post (and yes, that's a nofollow link...) has made quite an impression on a lot of Joomla users. The blog post is written to give an overview of different Content Management Systems (CMS) and their pros and cons.
However, the author falls into the trap of attacking certain platforms - and Joomla in particular. The way it was done is quite nasty. In my opinion there's no place this kind of subjective, biased ranting in a post comparing different systems. Although I don't think it's hurting the community or adaptation of Joomla, it is important to set the record straight. Many of the commenters in the original post express strong feelings about the author's opinions.
I believe the 'Joomla is Evil' way of saying it was written to provoke and get traffic to the post. However, the author mentions a few negative things about Joomla and I thought I'd dissect them ;)
Internet Explorer 6 continues to be a real pain for web developers, regardless of CMS or development platform. The antiquated browser creates problems because of it's lacking support for advanced CSS and XHTML and many bugs.
This is nothing new, as the browser has been a nuisance since it was launched in 2001. But now I believe the time has come to abolish IE6 in Joomla Admin.
I've been struggling with a certain Joomla extension lately. Normally, Joomla extensions are quite easy to troubleshoot, and the help provided by the developer is generally good. However, this time I'm talking about a commercial extension, and the support is virtually non-existent. So my question is this: What kind of support should we expect from a commercial provider of Joomla extensions and templates?
