April 29, 2008 9:26am
I work with the team that makes another blogging app, and at least from the standpoint of the quality of the code and application design, Habari is inarguably better [than WordPress]. As Sean notes, though, it's not very mature, so the user experience for a non-technical user would likely be worse. Where you'd make the tradeoff of whether it's worth it depends on where you reside on the continuum from programmer to non-programmer. Some of the technical things I love about Movable Type (which I use) include support for database abstraction, support for multiple blogs, and a well-designed infrastructure for things like templating -- Habari does all of those things very well for a young application as well.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:53am
When I re-read it now, I see a slight dig at WP in addition to the praise for Habari.
Now I find myself wondering whether Anil Dash has ever actually installed Habari.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:00pm
It's certainly in his interest to have a dig at WP. I'm sure he thinks it would be great for Six Apart if Habari took some market share from WP. He does say "Movable Type (which I use)" rather than the more honest "Movable Type (in which I have a massive interest)".