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Some remarks on Alfresco 4.2 usability

vassilisx — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:42:10 GMT

A little out-dated perhaps, the following are some remarks about the usability of Alfresco 4.2, some good points and some shortcomings, as well as some thoughts on a couple of concepts. Having anxiously waited for what seems like ages now, finaly the new -and much expected- release of Alfresco is ou

Re: Some remarks on Alfresco 4.2 usability

mikeh — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:19:40 GMT

Thanks for taking the time to put this together. It's always good to get feedback, both positive and negative.

Regarding the problems you are having (and improvement suggestions) - could I ask that you raise them in JIRA please? That's the only way they're going to get prioritised from a Product Management point of view. It'll also help keep you informed of progress on those issues.

Many thanks,
Mike

Re: Some remarks on Alfresco 4.2 usability

kevinr — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:44:17 GMT

Thanks. We appreciate all comments like this, it helps us to understand what you found better/worse in the release and it's not always what we expect.

Now that 4.2.c is out - we would love to hear more comments (yes good and bad!) from how people find the UX in 4.2.

Cheers,

Kevin

Re: Some remarks on Alfresco 4.2 usability

technaton — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:11:51 GMT

I can confirm the calendar bug. It seems the time zone is missing which causes the web script to throw an exception. This happens only when calendar events are all-day events, and it also occurs when the calendar item already exists from a prior installation.

I've raised a JIRA bug for this: https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-17457

Re: Some remarks on Alfresco 4.2 usability

kevinr — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:27:32 GMT

I have assigned it for investigation, thanks.

Kev