Edit from my side(since for some stupid reason did not explain why i prefer Wordpress):
I have experience from CMS`es ranging from enterprise solutions to all round platforms like Wordpress, my brief opinion about some of them:
1) Polopoly:
A enterprise solution typically used for magazine/news sites. The problem (with many enterprise solutions) is that it is very advanced and not easy to use at all for new users. I would almost say that training is a must for such a solution. I feel pretty sure that with better usability in focus, it could have been almost a killer app for larger sites.
2) EZ:
Taken from the name, EZ should be easy to use, it`s not. This is just another solution fallen into the "Enterprise" trap, instead of focusing on the users that actually have to work with it, they focus on the bosses and persons with the money, in order to sell in the system. The solution itself is relatively plain but you can not simply log in a place and select "new article", instead it is typically creating objects here and there.
3) Wordpress:
Finally a system that has the user in focus, the system is designed for people NOT being geeks. Anybody will without any training be able to login and create some content. It is plain and simple but in the same time it gives the user the needed information and not everything else.
There is a good reason Microsoft has decided to close their blogging services and rather move all their users over to Wordpress.
So to conclude:
I put Wordpress on first place, with the possibility of Polopoly going to first place for larger solutions if they could get their user interface in order.
* I guess some of you would say that Wordpress is not a CMS,in that case i do wonder... What is the difference between Wordpress and a "real" CMS? :)
Wordpress moves editing to a place away from your site. A non techie might be confused on what content he is editing, and where it is. I don't see Wordpress as a modern CMS because this kind of editing has been done in the last 20 years.
I'll look into the ux of Polopoly, thanks.
Edit: had a really hard time getting info out of the PP website, could you show me some screenshots?
I have experience from CMS`es ranging from enterprise solutions to all round platforms like Wordpress, my brief opinion about some of them:
1) Polopoly: A enterprise solution typically used for magazine/news sites. The problem (with many enterprise solutions) is that it is very advanced and not easy to use at all for new users. I would almost say that training is a must for such a solution. I feel pretty sure that with better usability in focus, it could have been almost a killer app for larger sites.
2) EZ: Taken from the name, EZ should be easy to use, it`s not. This is just another solution fallen into the "Enterprise" trap, instead of focusing on the users that actually have to work with it, they focus on the bosses and persons with the money, in order to sell in the system. The solution itself is relatively plain but you can not simply log in a place and select "new article", instead it is typically creating objects here and there.
3) Wordpress: Finally a system that has the user in focus, the system is designed for people NOT being geeks. Anybody will without any training be able to login and create some content. It is plain and simple but in the same time it gives the user the needed information and not everything else.
There is a good reason Microsoft has decided to close their blogging services and rather move all their users over to Wordpress.
So to conclude: I put Wordpress on first place, with the possibility of Polopoly going to first place for larger solutions if they could get their user interface in order.
* I guess some of you would say that Wordpress is not a CMS,in that case i do wonder... What is the difference between Wordpress and a "real" CMS? :)