https://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=23437 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118239 davidm Nov 15, 2005, 06:22 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118239 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118238 http://anyinventory.sourceforge.net/]]> Lammikko Nov 15, 2005, 02:28 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118238 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118237

Not a lot of people knew AroundMe when I mentionned it on forums... Social software is hype, but not yet another opensource battlefield No doubt it will come.

Let’s expand the subject : in some areas, I am very much disappointed by web applications. Namely groupware and project management. The only one I use is phpCollab and right now, it’s not evolving the main dev is gone. Plus it’s only basic project management. The other like Egroupware are slow, buggy and cluttered... Would I have missed something ?

I am waiting for some opensource basecamp - writeboard - tadalist - backpack equivalent... not that I wouldn’t pay for the service, those 37signals apps are really cool. But it’s not available in french, and my clients are french speaking... If nothing happens in this area, I might just offer 37signals my service to have it available in french, who knows they might agree there is something worth selling there...]]> davidm Nov 14, 2005, 06:05 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118237 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118236
You’re a geek like me that likes to collect best-of-breed apps I see!

lol

]]> rethrash Nov 14, 2005, 05:58 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118236 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118235
ZenPhoto might have gotten better, but when I tested it, it looked more like an alpha than a beta and I decided to keep my eye on it, not use it. Plogger works like a charm, and integrates nicely... Photostack is now based on Singapore and getting close to a release candidate and makes a nice use of AJAX.]]> davidm Nov 14, 2005, 05:54 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118235 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118234 Gallery2 is very robust (and huge), but I’m dying to play with the Nokia camera integration module. There’s also a new port of Douglas Bowman’s incredible gallery template at another gallery project, http://www.zenphoto.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ZenPhoto.]]> rethrash Nov 14, 2005, 05:51 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118234 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118233 it has been fixed since version 1.5

Yeah, SugarCRM is nice, but for me Vtiger has the momentum and is ahead for many reasons including not only features but community dynamics and GPLed office/email integration. That being said, Vtiger devs know they are behind saleforce and they have a plan to reach the same level feature wise, plus a lot of work on usability.

Reading your answer, i realized I forgot e-commerce (oops). I like Zen Cart too.
Didn’t know FlySpray but from a user’s perspective, it’s very nice ]]> davidm Nov 14, 2005, 05:47 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118233 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118232 SugarCRM stands out... it seems to be able to go head-to-head with Salesforce.com.

For bug tracking Flyspray offers a pretty good balance of features and intuitiveness as well.

I put PHP5.x as a benchmark against which I judge projects too, so at the time of working on building this support site, Unclassified didn’t make the cut; how is it now?

Then there’s e-commerce. There’s the perpetually stuck at MS-2 osCommerce, and related forks including Zen Cart (lol... which I see is still running my design for the support forum all these years later...) and the Chainreaction loaded version. There’s also some interesting things coming about from some similarly "booted from the mothership" folks at http://oscommerce-chemo.blogspot.com/ ... one to watch there. ]]> rethrash Nov 14, 2005, 05:33 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118232 https://forums.modx.com/thread/23437/my-web-apps-shortlist#dis-post-118231
Galleries
Plogger (my favorite, light, quick and easy to integrate)
Photostack

Podcasting to m
Loudblog (if you like podcasting, that’s the way to go)

Forums
Unclassified News Board (might not know it, but it’s cool and... tableless)
PunBB

Wikis
DocuWiki (my favorite)
WikkaWiki (unfortunately not easy to localize... but feature packed)
Instiki (the Ruby On Rails wiki)

Blogging tools
DotClear (Clean, simple and efficient : not well known, cause it’s french...)
Lightpress
Epilog (blogging on Rails, sort of dead project but keeping my eye on it)

CMS
Textpattern (This one I love, my number one CMS)
MODx (ok this one is obvious Now sharing the number one spot)
Lodel (not very well known, has automatic openoffice import via ServOO, and many unique features)

CRM
Vtiger (Sugar CRM fork, ahead of its big brother and will be even more in the future)

Social Software
AroundMe
Open DotNode

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