On 16/08/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all, Two questions: Do any decent editing tools exist, specialised for editing wikis, and in particular, mediawiki wikis. Such a thing would have to be capable of browsing, but let you do editing in some kind of more sophisticated, enhanced way - whatever that is.
Secondly, if such a thing doesn't exist (possible since I haven't heard of one), are there any real obstacles to it happening? Why has all the discussion of WYSIWYG wiki editing been focused on server-side implementations. With the exception of querying the database, why can't all this be implemented locally, allowing a possibly richer user experience by using native Windows (for example :)) calls, rather than the limitations of javascript.
One of the ideas I had a few months ago was to expand the external editing concept and make it more useful. Erik's initial implementation was good enough, but it could be made much better. I envisioned multiple editors spanning various platforms, interacting with Wikipedia via a standardised editing API.
That idea is still in the depths of my skull. But like many ideas, that's where it's stayed. I would still love to see a nice Windows-based editor, and then we can port something to Unix and the Mac.
Rob Church