On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Brian Brian.Mingus@colorado.edu wrote:
This round the Usability Initiative got 800,000 dollars. That's a load of money. If the Foundation decides that it wants to fix the problem the correct way then it can. And it can start at any time! We just need to agree on a solution.
Only at the expense of sacrificing some, most, or all of the work they're already doing. $800,000 is not a particularly large sum for a programming project, and the usability project had to prioritize it. They decided to target things other than WYSIWYG first. I'd be inclined to think that's wise, without having considered the issue very deeply. Full WYSIWYG *is* really needed, but it would be unjustifiably expensive when there are so many more minor improvements that could be (and are being) made much more easily.