On 9/27/07, Dave Sigafoos davesigafoos@sanmar.com wrote:
If I remember right there is a discussion on mw. You might find it searching on wysiwyg or similar (editor)
Thank you, I did find it here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:WYSIWYG_editor
It doesn't quite solve the problem though. On one hand there are the people asserting that What You See is What You Mean is the way to go because it's more precise and intercompatible. On the other there are those who favour What you See is What You Get for the like of newbies and non-technical people.
Indeed, as much as I'm perfectly comfortable continuing with wikitext myself, I do not think that precision and intercompatibility are highly valued priorities for non-technical people. They should have the choice of a WYSIWYG editor but their needs are not catered for and no motivation valuable -to them- is provided for this missing feature set.
I'll do my best to convince my non-technical colleagues that it's simple and that they just need to go over the first impact to enjoy it. But I can see how in some companies and for some people this won't be enough to be happy about it.
Thanks again Dave!
Ciao!
Manu