Sheldon Rampton wrote:
Twenty years ago there were similar debates about WYSIWYG with regard to word processors, just as there were debates about whether command- line DOS was better or worse than the GUI that Apple introduced with Macintosh computers.
Interesting to think what one couldn't prove with some argument from the history of technology. Automatic transmission didn't replace the gear lever. As far as I can see (which may be household dependent) remote controls proliferate and get harder to use (sometimes there seem to be five to choose from), and the same might be true of phones. I think arguments from the period when the PC was moving onto every desk in the workplace are a little special. I imagine MediaWiki will get WYSIWYG simply because the project sounds like a good idea and will get funded.
Charles