[Foundation-l] Big problem to solve: good WYSIWYG on WMF wikis

[Benjamin Lees]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:50 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, the payoffs could be ridiculously huge: eight times the number of
> smart and knowledgeable people even being able to *fix typos* on
> material they care about.

Jan Paul Posma's inline editor seems pretty promising.  It's not
exactly WYSIWYG, but people would be able to fix typos with it.  And
since he's working on it for school, I suspect he might not even be
getting paid. :-)

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/205322
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/208128
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/213447
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/216940