Comments on: Things you should know about SharePoint ahead of time. Part I http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/ minnesota's interaction design community Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:13:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: lee http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-43994 lee Tue, 06 May 2008 20:32:46 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-43994 Thanks for the venting. I'm been working with SharePoint for almost a year WSS & MOSS and I know more and I can appreciate some of the power (we launched a client's intranet in 6 weeks). But the CSS stuff is mind-boggling. I'm trying to strip out, tag by tag the extraneous code, but who can say if it's extraneous or not? It's obviously there for a reason. Maybe so that they code looks cooler b/c it's so complex and out of control. Thanks for the venting. I’m been working with SharePoint for almost a year WSS & MOSS and I know more and I can appreciate some of the power (we launched a client’s intranet in 6 weeks). But the CSS stuff is mind-boggling. I’m trying to strip out, tag by tag the extraneous code, but who can say if it’s extraneous or not? It’s obviously there for a reason. Maybe so that they code looks cooler b/c it’s so complex and out of control.

]]> By: Vladimir Kelman http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-27519 Vladimir Kelman Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:08:00 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-27519 MOSS-2007 is so monolithic, overcomplicated and inflexible, that we gave up. Here's in-details explanation of why our company decided to give up and to develop our future version of Intranet in plain good ASP.NET 3.5: <a href="http://imukai.spaces.live.com/blog" rel="nofollow">http://imukai.spaces.live.com/blog</a> <a href="http://pro-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-i-hate-ms-share" rel="nofollow">http://pro-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-i-hate-ms-share</a> MOSS-2007 is so monolithic, overcomplicated and inflexible, that we gave up.
Here’s in-details explanation of why our company decided to give up and to develop our future version of Intranet in plain good ASP.NET 3.5:
http://imukai.spaces.live.com/blog
http://pro-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-i-hate-ms-share

]]> By: Darrel http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-22113 Darrel Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:06:15 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-22113 If you can survive the commute, I definitely second the Sharepoint Usergroup meetings that Intetium sponsors. Wes and the gang know their sharepoint stuff. (And Wes, we already snagged Raymond for several days and were more than happy with the service!) If you can survive the commute, I definitely second the Sharepoint Usergroup meetings that Intetium sponsors. Wes and the gang know their sharepoint stuff. (And Wes, we already snagged Raymond for several days and were more than happy with the service!)

]]> By: Wes http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-22077 Wes Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:03:55 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-22077 In case you're interested in the local SharePoint community (plenty of SharePoint supporters and naysayers alike) check out www.sharepointmn.com - Free user group once a month. And yes, I'm one of the organizers. :) We'd love to help where we can. In case you’re interested in the local SharePoint community (plenty of SharePoint supporters and naysayers alike) check out http://www.sharepointmn.com - Free user group once a month. And yes, I’m one of the organizers. :) We’d love to help where we can.

]]> By: drvono http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-21777 drvono Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:01:32 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-21777 I'm not tired of hearing about SharePoint! We're doing an upgrade from 2003 to MOSS 2007 at my company and have encountered nothing but issues so far.. I’m not tired of hearing about SharePoint! We’re doing an upgrade from 2003 to MOSS 2007 at my company and have encountered nothing but issues so far..

]]> By: Wellick http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-21751 Wellick Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:52:28 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-21751 @Jay, And what alternatives are out there? With transparent MS Office (or OpenOffice.org for that matter) integration. Something, where user can just click on document's name and edit in a full-featured word processor or spreadsheet system. Not in some half-assed web-based AJAX text editor... That's what business really needs. Even if that makes me sad =( @Jay,
And what alternatives are out there? With transparent MS Office (or OpenOffice.org for that matter) integration. Something, where user can just click on document’s name and edit in a full-featured word processor or spreadsheet system. Not in some half-assed web-based AJAX text editor… That’s what business really needs. Even if that makes me sad =(

]]> By: Jay http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-21675 Jay Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:23:25 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/things-you-should-know-about-sharepoint-ahead-of-time-part-i/#comment-21675 With the long laundry list of complaints you've compiled against SharePoint, you could have taken Cameron Moll's advice and completed your project with something like Clearspace or Basecamp. :-) Seriously though, the thought of using SharePoint as a collaborative tool or even as a CMS makes my stomach turn. My company is entrenched in MS products, which has driven my group to look at alternatives, as the "features" of SharePoint leave a lot to be desired. With the long laundry list of complaints you’ve compiled against SharePoint, you could have taken Cameron Moll’s advice and completed your project with something like Clearspace or Basecamp.

:-)

Seriously though, the thought of using SharePoint as a collaborative tool or even as a CMS makes my stomach turn. My company is entrenched in MS products, which has driven my group to look at alternatives, as the “features” of SharePoint leave a lot to be desired.

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