User:Matthewsmith/mediawiki vs snipsnap
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[edit] General
| MediaWiki | SnipSnap |
|---|---|
| Some HTML can be used to format pages | HTML not supported |
| Can easily add PHP extensions and has a library of common extensions | unknown if you can extend SnipSnap |
| Tool bar buttons with common functions (such as Bold, Italics, Link, etc...) on edit page | No tool bar with common functions available |
| Recent Changes can show a lot more than just last 10 changes | Recently Changed section only shows last 10 changes and nothing about who changed it. |
| RSS feed to easily track changes to entire wiki by using an RSS reader | Has RSS feeds, but appear to be one feed per page... no easy way to monitor all changes to every page. |
[edit] History View
| MediaWiki | SnipSnap |
|---|---|
| MediaWiki | SnipSnap |
|---|---|
| Description/Comment from user about changes | No description about changes |
| Can compare any version | Can only compare version next to each other |
| Clickable usernames and easy way to add comment to user who made the change with "Talk" link | Shows username, but not clickable and no good way to send a comment to the user |
[edit] Diff View
| MediaWiki | SnipSnap |
|---|---|
| MediaWiki | SnipSnap |
|---|---|
| Shows more context around the changes | No context |
| colorfully displays in easily read format | Plain text and can be hard to understand what exactly changed |

