Jon Hicks, on ExpressionEngine vs. Textpattern:
after a week of re-acquainting myself with it, I can now see why EE is raved about so much
That’s about how long it typically takes, unfortunately, to really get your head around EE. One you do, though, it’s easy to get excited about its power and flexibility.
Of course, Jon is quick to point out some obvious flaws shortcomings he’s found – one of which remains my biggest pet peeve:
/index.php/ shouldn’t be in URLs by default, and it’s right pain to get rid of (but you can do it). Likewise, getting simple /section/title/ urls requires a lot of work. For something so flexible, getting the URLs I want is painful.
I can’t understand why this is such an ignored feature. Obviously users want the ability to display “clean URLs” in a default, supported install; just do a search for “remove index.php” in the community forums. It’s the most suggested, “unsupported” feature available for EE.