[Foundation-l] Why is MediaWiki so low-tech?

[Edward Z. Yang]

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Virgil Ierubino wrote:
> Why is MediaWiki so low-tech? [snip]

I'm sure this kind of response will spark righteous indignation on the
part of every developer who has a clue on what's going on underneath
MediaWiki's hood. Plus, lack of AJAX does not mean "low-tech", which you
have so insinuated.

Furthermore, you've mixed up AJAX (which, while slow in coming, is being
implemented when appropriate) and inline-WYSIWYG editing (which poses
immense technical challenges due to the legacy baggage of our wikitext
format). If you want to see "state-of-the-art" MediaWiki work, please
check out: http://wikiwyg.net/
<http://demo.wikiwyg.net/wikiwyg/demo/standalone/>

Finally, the trouble of maintaining accessibility is probably the last
of our concerns. We don't /have/ the more advanced features implemented
in a stable manner yet, this is *open source*
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