On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 08:46:59PM +0000, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 18/02/2008, Daniel Kinzler
<daniel(a)brightbyte.de> wrote:
There is
the obvious issue with backwards compatibility there,
although that can be overcome with work. The other major issue is that
no WYSIWYG system is likely to be as powerful as wikitext, or as quick
and easy to use (for experienced users). WYSIWYG is certainly much
easier for new users, but once you are familiar with wikitext, it is
generally better.
Actually, I don't think these are even the worst problem. The worst
problem is that the wysiwyg editor would have to cover the full
range of what wikitext can do now
That's what I mean by "no WYSIWYG system is likely to be as powerful
as wikitext".
This, combined with the "powerusers can do it better in text" argument,
the source of the purposefully pejorative replacement observation:
What You See Is ALL You Get.
Cheers,
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