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User:Matthewsmith/mediawiki vs snipsnap

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General

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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.

History View

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MediaWiki SnipSnap
File:Snipsnap historyView.JPG
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

Diff View

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MediaWiki SnipSnap
File:Snipsnap diffView.JPG
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