Consider this:
A dristibuted, longtime project which is documentated using mw.
A 'manager' supervising the project two hours a week detects something he does
not like in the docu.
He wants to be able to use 'huge fonts' in the color 'red' for comments
Add him a "huge fonts" button: insertTags("<span
class=\"huge\">",
"</span>", "This text will show HUGE"); (with appropiate
'huge' CSS:
font-size: 200%; color: red... etc)
and finally to be able to format some parts of text as
bulleted list (they like these).
Copy a bulleted list to a plain text editor. How is
that show? Oh, *
before the elements...
May be tricky to find first time, but it's easier to type than find
appropiate button on some hidden toolbar.
There is absolutely NO way to make this person using
wikicode or using syntax
highlighting if he isn`t one of the the already convinced techstaff.
Give him a document to proofread, but forbid him using the menus or
toolbars. Unless being a "convinced techstaff" knowing by heart the
access keys, it's impossible.
(above manager is already fuming - no way he`d remember
the rarely used wikisyntax,
but he`s still able to use those nice 'formatting knobs' in m$-word).
That's the problem.