[Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki ease of use

[Jim Hu]

We've been arguing about FCKEditor for a project I'm involved in.   
I'm not impressed... semi-WYSIWYG is an oxymoron in my view.  YMMV.

JH

On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:40 PM, Evan Prodromou wrote:

>
> On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 21:12 -0500, Paul Coghlan wrote:
>> I received some feedback this evening from a focus group that has  
>> been
>> evaluating our wiki complete with custom skin.
>>
>> An overriding comment was that the ability to insert content  
>> needed to be
>> easier. Wiki markup, edit screens etc were turn offs. Our target  
>> audience is
>> over 40 so it is somewhat understandable.
>>
>> Has anyone come across extensions that fit into this category?  
>> Something
>> that allows someone to more easily enter information, create inter- 
>> page
>> links, format text etc.
>>
>> I suspect this might result in a few custom extensions but wanted  
>> to test
>> the waters before embarking on a needless journey.
>>
>> I might be back looking for experienced extension developers that  
>> can help
>> us!!
>
> You may be interested in the FCKEditor extension, which is in SVN
> somewhere.
>
> -Evan
>
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