Looks like we'll finally be ditching MediaWiki in our office next
year. Apple has come to the party with a WYSIWYG wiki of its own:
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/leopard/wikiserver.html
We've been using MediaWiki for our office intranet over the years but
it's never been adopted to a level that we think it could be, because
of the requirement that users learn wiki markup.
It's always surprised me that WYSIWYG editing has not been a high
priority for MediaWiki, considering the fact that MediaWiki and
Wikipedia are founded on the idea of participation. The biggest
obstacle, it has often seemed to me, is an installed base of
Wikipedians who see wiki markup as a way of protecting their
territory and minimising participation by others. MediaWiki has
therefore been a bit of a love hate relationship in our office, and
instead of being sad to see MediaWiki go we will be very happy indeed.
Thanks to those who have been working on WYSIWYG for MediaWiki,
particularly in trying to integrate FCKEditor. I wish your efforts
had borne fruit earlier and it's a pity you haven't had more support,
but I'm sure you'll get there eventually.
Cheers,
Christiaan